Balance of power

Balance of power may refer to:

Politics and international relations

Balance of power (international relations), parity or stability between competing forces
Balance of power (federalism), distribution of power between a central government and its subnational governments
Balance of power (parliament), power exercised by a minor political party whose support enables a minority government to obtain office
European balance of power, European international relations before the First World War

Arts and entertainment

Balance of Power (album), by Electric Light Orchestra, 1986
Balance of Power (band), a British melodic progressive metal group formed in 1995
Balance of Power (Stableford novel), by Brian Stableford, 1979
"Balance of Power" (Red Dwarf), a 1988 TV episode
"The Balance of Power" (Minder), a 1984 TV episode
Balance of Power (board game), a board game published by Hasbro in 1979
Balance of Power (play-by-mail game)
Balance of Power (Ab Hugh novel), a 1994 novel from the Star Trek universe by Dafydd Ab Hugh
Balance of Power (video game), 1985
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See also

Power Balance, a brand of hologram bracelets

Checks and balances, a model of governance characterized by a separation of powers among branches of government

Mixed government, a constitution compromising between several forms of state, balancing social forces by sharing sovereignty between them

Consociationalism, a form of government involving guaranteed group representation

Balance of terror

Balance of threat