| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| japani | 均勢 (kinsei), 勢力均衡 (せいりょくきんこう, seiryoku kinkō), パワーバランス (pawābaransu / pawā baransu), きんせい (kinsei) |
| ranska | équilibre des puissances, rapport de force |
| ruotsi | maktbalans |
| saksa | Mächtegleichgewicht |
| suomi | voimatasapaino |
| venäjä | баланс сил (balans sil), равновесие сил (ravnovesije sil) |
| Monikko | balances of power |
(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
1866 cartoon by Honoré Daumier, L’Equilibre Européen, representing the balance of power as soldiers of different nations teeter the earth on bayonets
(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
19th Century cartoon of European alliances 1870-1890 showing a Balance of Power with Marianne, representing France, crying alone in the bottom-left corner thanks to German chancellor Otto von Bismarck's (pictured in the center) successful attempts to keep her isolated from the rest of the European powers
(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
The many redrawn borders in Europe after the 1814–1815 Congress of Vienna represent a classic example of trying to achieve a European balance of power.