The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry
" D: G9 _* U: f$ jFrom Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008  n2 q7 l/ d, ^$ a2 m# }

6 L- b5 T. }) [2 ?2 Q) g( n! tSummary:  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.
3 T% s; m3 x6 Q: ?3 \9 B/ IG. 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." I! M, i6 p* n# p- ^7 V

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