/ ~) }6 ]5 @7 z$ W# v- {) [0 m( jwww.csuchen.deThe Rise of China and the Future of the West2 q" {* H& r8 F
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry6 v$ d6 q3 U9 B- r
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008www.csuchen.de: j( M/ }0 K% C7 _
; V# a! A- g- O/ Z7 z7 ?* XSummary: 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. % l% k, ^1 L4 y" q! d. r4 HG. 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. 0 s( V) I& a9 K8 k7 q/ n# [4 K7 z0 Y* D/ p http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html