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Explain the concept of balance of power. What are the various techniques of maintaining balance of power?

  • UPSC 2020
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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The balance of power is the oldest organising idea of the states system. Through countervailing pressure and shifting alignment, no state or coalition is allowed to grow strong enough to endanger the independence of the rest. Its purpose is negative: it prevents hegemony rather than guaranteeing justice, and peace is a by-product of checked ambition.

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