+ y, d5 r! E6 x- o: E" XThe Rise of China and the Future of the West人在德国 社区. \8 H0 ~! M3 H# z* P5 \
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry ^1 P( t. {* i6 t
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 20084 i6 F+ p# R5 Y. f5 e4 e1 S
6 u3 B% d/ X# y. ESummary: 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.$ ]- t' Z; ?; S+ y% u1 @ 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.- [& t2 L$ A0 U8 n7 a- N