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In politics, the theory that the best way of
ensuring international order is to have
power so distributed among states that no
single state is able to achieve a dominant
position. The term, which may also refer
more simply to the actual distribution
of power, is one of the most enduring
concepts in international relations. Since
the development of nuclear weapons, it has
been asserted that the balance of power has
been replaced by a balance of terror.