The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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9 o1 M" {1 Q4 }. P# z# q. BThe Rise of China and the Future of the West
$ z  g# L* @! b% z# x( L3 s- uCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
7 V7 W1 A1 Z& b) X8 y5 Q& PFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008
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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.6 Q5 f& F. l  F0 Z; ~! j
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.
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