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balance of power
BAL-unts uv POW-er
ˈbæləns əv ˈpaʊərListen
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balanceofpower
Dictionary meaning
a principle in international relations holding that states seek to prevent any single actor from achieving dominance by forming alliances or building capabilities to counteract rising power; central to realist theory since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; manifested historically in coalitions against Napoleonic France, Wilhelmine Germany, and during Cold War bipolarity
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