! h/ K, B7 t+ q8 G& ~# A9 HThe Rise of China and the Future of the West ! X2 y5 j5 m, W6 ~Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry 5 _- x+ V6 i1 e# O9 q5 k' UFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 9 |" Z/ b6 X1 G0 l; M4 A) r! t! I " x6 {$ |6 k7 BSummary: 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.& L5 p V+ e: c 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.csuchen.de! @2 ]& { q+ W2 q5 G