http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html ! ~0 ?. l: Q2 O1 s- k 9 W! K" ~$ o+ \' wThe Rise of China and the Future of the West! w* Q( X8 U4 T" j b6 W# b
Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry% x3 F( } O+ O& H$ I# e
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 # S. w3 }1 W1 ^ ( R* T0 S. q! }( ^3 [Summary: 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. 7 U% P0 F) h' A0 [$ ?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.www.csuchen.de& g8 z1 O+ B% x' Y% B1 _/ j