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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As of September, Israel appears to be working to eliminate Hezbollah entirely as well as Hamas, thereby permanently changing its balance of power with Iran.
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Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
This shift was in part to alter the dramatic balance of power between Stanley and Blanche.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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
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Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
This shift was in part to alter the dramatic balance of power between Stanley and Blanche.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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
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“Balance of power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20of%20power. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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