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Answer in about 150 words: Discuss various methods of Balance of Power.

  • UPSC 2026
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  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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The balance of power is a distribution of capabilities in which no state or bloc can dominate the rest. It is never self-executing: equilibrium has to be produced and repaired. Hans J. Morgenthau (Politics Among Nations, 1948) catalogued the classic methods as divide and rule, compensation, armaments, alliances and the holder of the balance. Kenneth…

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  • Internal balancing
  • External balancing
  • Classical methods of adjustment
  • Indian and contemporary variants
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