The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry# D- L1 p1 p5 A9 ~  a. W/ k
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008csuchen.de' I# M+ |, C7 M! F

% o* c2 ]1 w7 U! j2 }Summary:  China's rise will inevitably bring the United States' unipolar moment to an end. But that does not necessarily mean a violent power struggle or the overthrow of the Western system. The U.S.-led international order can remain dominant even while integrating a more powerful China -- but only if Washington sets about strengthening that liberal order now.
: }% J# t5 o6 V2 [" K: ?5 ^G. JOHN IKENBERRY is Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and the author of After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars.5 x) X5 I7 S6 y- J) m% g- h2 j
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