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Balance of Power by Amelia Faulkner5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Claude has aptly remarked that it is an ambiguous concept as it has so many meanings. It means different things to different scholars. It is an overused theory in international relations. Thus the theory of balance of power is widely held. Its strength and life will always be determined by the latter. The balance of power is part and parcel of a system of power politics. With its emphasis on the cultivation of power and the utilization of power for resolving the problem of power, it appears to be a sensible way of action in an international society where their national interests and prejudices govern nations. ![]() Before the present inquiry into a general theory of international relations, the balance of power was regarded as the only tenable international relations theory, especially from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.īroadly speaking, it refers to a relative power position of states as actors in international relations. ![]() It is also regarded as a universal law of political behavior, a basic principle of every state’s foreign policy through the ages, and, therefore, a description of a significant pattern of political action in the international field. It at once provides an answer to the problem of war and peace in international history. The balance of power is one of the oldest concepts of international relations. ![]()
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