"balance of power" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balances of power [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|balances of power}} balance of power (usually uncountable, plural balances of power)
  1. (politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others. Wikipedia link: balance of power Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Government, Politics Translations (situation of equilibrium): 權力平衡 (Chinese Mandarin), 权力平衡 (quánlì pínghéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 均勢 (Chinese Mandarin), 均势 (jūnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 勢力均衡 (Chinese Mandarin), 势力均衡 (shìlì jūnhéng) (Chinese Mandarin), magtbalance [common-gender] (Danish), machtsbalans [feminine] (Dutch), voimatasapaino (Finnish), équilibre des pouvoirs [masculine] (French), ძალთა ბალანსი (ʒalta balansi) (Georgian), Mächtegleichgewicht [neuter] (German), パワーバランス (pawā baransu) (Japanese), 勢力均衡 (seiryoku kinkō) (alt: せいりょくきんこう) (Japanese), 均勢 (kinsei) (alt: きんせい) (Japanese), توازن قدرت (tavâzon-e qodrat) (Persian), równowaga sił [feminine] (Polish), echilibrul puterilor [neuter] (Romanian), бала́нс сил (baláns sil) [masculine] (Russian), равнове́сие сил (ravnovésije sil) [neuter] (Russian), maktbalans [common-gender] (Swedish)

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