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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Moreover, the Saudis had expressed willingness during the Trump presidency to normalize relations with Israel, which would tilt the regional balance of power against Iran and in the U.S.’s favor.
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Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
Three years later, at the 1961 summit in Vienna, Kennedy hoped to agree on a balance of power in Europe with Khrushchev, but the summit broke down and failed to arrive at a resolution on the status of West Berlin.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
An effective city government structure should strive to achieve a balance of power that allows for efficient decision-making, representation of diverse interests, transparency, and accountability.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
On paper, this means all of this provides a healthy balance of power, performance, and battery-saving efficiency—all of which are important for a gaming handheld.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
In assessing the overall balance of power, the U.S. has at least five long-term advantages.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
This assertion of state sovereignty, however, threatens to overturn the constitutional balance of power set by the Civil War and Reconstruction.
—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Of a balance of power that favored the person behind the camera over the person in front of it, authoring a story for Europeans, by Europeans.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution flipped Tehran from friend to enemy, however, Washington put its hopes in a balance of power, manipulating aid to both Iraq and Iran during their brutal war to prevent either country from dominating the Persian Gulf.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
Three years later, at the 1961 summit in Vienna, Kennedy hoped to agree on a balance of power in Europe with Khrushchev, but the summit broke down and failed to arrive at a resolution on the status of West Berlin.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
An effective city government structure should strive to achieve a balance of power that allows for efficient decision-making, representation of diverse interests, transparency, and accountability.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
On paper, this means all of this provides a healthy balance of power, performance, and battery-saving efficiency—all of which are important for a gaming handheld.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
In assessing the overall balance of power, the U.S. has at least five long-term advantages.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
This assertion of state sovereignty, however, threatens to overturn the constitutional balance of power set by the Civil War and Reconstruction.
—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Of a balance of power that favored the person behind the camera over the person in front of it, authoring a story for Europeans, by Europeans.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution flipped Tehran from friend to enemy, however, Washington put its hopes in a balance of power, manipulating aid to both Iraq and Iran during their brutal war to prevent either country from dominating the Persian Gulf.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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