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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There may be a welcome change in the global balance of power, as China and Russia recognize that the United States is not kidding.
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Elliott Abrams, a former diplomat who served as U.S. special representative for Iran and Venezuela during Trump’s first administration, told me that the Israel-U.S. victory over Iran showed that the world balance of power has shifted in favor of the United States.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Thanks to Israel’s decimation of Iran’s proxies over the last two years, sometimes in defiance of western governments, that balance of power has gradually shifted.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 June 2025
Along with Trump’s initiation of direct talks with Iran—a step that Israel adamantly opposes but Arab leaders in the Persian Gulf welcomed and even helped facilitate—these developments suggest how much the regional balance of power has changed since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Elliott Abrams, a former diplomat who served as U.S. special representative for Iran and Venezuela during Trump’s first administration, told me that the Israel-U.S. victory over Iran showed that the world balance of power has shifted in favor of the United States.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Thanks to Israel’s decimation of Iran’s proxies over the last two years, sometimes in defiance of western governments, that balance of power has gradually shifted.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 June 2025
Along with Trump’s initiation of direct talks with Iran—a step that Israel adamantly opposes but Arab leaders in the Persian Gulf welcomed and even helped facilitate—these developments suggest how much the regional balance of power has changed since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
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