balance of power

noun phrase

: an equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another

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Or is there, instead, no strategy but only the valuation of balances of power that have been upset recently? —

Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 How Iran’s most important regional ally responds will determine the postwar balance of power between Israel and Iran. —

Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024 Humanity’s shrinking ranks will inexorably alter the current global balance of power and strain the existing world order. —

Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024 Beware of those who promise a new dawn, the birth of a new Middle East, a new balance of power in the region. —

Ben Wedeman, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for balance of power

Word History

First Known Use

1679, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of balance of power was in 1679

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“Balance of power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20of%20power. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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