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Can the Liberal System Survive?G. John Ikenberry6 a1 w/ q6 Y+ M h$ N0 \- Q$ b
From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008 9 J3 I: y5 S; a" v& {/ }" H# ~ $ @3 k9 O) h+ w. s* bwww.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. / w4 y: H& l- b* T& aG. 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. $ L T8 L1 Z. j8 K ( W- Y# z" p) C) `9 b% a; v' Vwww.csuchen.dehttp://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080101faessay87102/g-john-ikenberry/the-rise-of-china-and-the-future-of-the-west.html