& j- T1 Q4 h) Q( bThe Rise of China and the Future of the West 1 P+ W5 C) l0 v3 B3 J1 jCan the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry8 X4 }& S7 d6 G6 W* J9 |' X% K
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 * s3 l" u B$ \& J: _# f0 I ! x1 {* d$ ` G& |5 DSummary: 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 n& y/ X; [5 p5 P. uG. 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.www.csuchen.de. N& h. V2 y0 [4 S) R