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balance of power
noun[ Cusually sing ]
us/ˈbæl·əns əv ˈpaʊ·ər/
politics & government
a situation in which no country is powerful enough to control the others

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balance of power
This positivist approach sticks to facts that cannot be contested as such, but whose causality is deliberately narrowed to a balanceofpower.
The script also contains information about appropriate discourse routines and activates a turn-taking script whereby the balanceofpower lies with the lawyer.
When such institutions emerge they will be stable until another shock upsets the underlying political balanceofpower and paralyses their adaptive capacity.
Recent research has begun to uncover the consequences of this new balanceofpower.
Measure is therefore a statement and record of the changing balanceofpower and independence.
The electoral process had altered the balanceofpower.
Both would affect the balanceofpower between code producer and consumer, and further experience is needed to discover what is most usable.
It may well be, however, that the balanceofpower in this unstable equilibrium is about to change.
Such choices can be a reflection of the household's internal dynamics (for example, the balanceofpower and responsibility among its members).
Rather, broad-based opposition coalitions have formed to contest international policies and the domestic balanceofpower between the executive and legislative branches.
We are aware that our assertions on policy effectiveness and balanceofpower thus remain debatable.
Corporations chartered under general law could gain a balanceofpower advantage by extracting concessions from lawmakers.
Yet states refrain from initiating war if a balanceofpower exists in which no single state or alliance of states has overwhelming preponderant power.
He acknowledges the need for restrictions for the former on the basis of concerns over balanceofpower within the polity.
The report also focuses on the impact of commodities, open source code, and hardware giveaways on the balanceofpower between manufacturer and customer.
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