The Rise of China and the Future of the West

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The Rise of China and the Future of the West
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From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008
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' W# s" G, P, {: h! A' ?csuchen.deSummary:  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.
. {8 k! X0 Q3 h1 L) m  i3 ^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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