Balance of power
# Balance of power

Balance of power may refer to:

## Politics and international relations

* Balance of power (international relations), parity or stability between competing forces
* Balance of power (federalism), distribution of power between a central government and its subnational governments
* Balance of power (parliament), power exercised by a minor political party whose support enables a minority government to obtain office
* European balance of power, European international relations before the First World War

## Arts and entertainment

* Balance of Power (album), by Electric Light Orchestra, 1986
* Balance of Power (band), a British melodic progressive metal group formed in 1995
* Balance of Power (novel), by Brian Stableford, 1979
* "Balance of Power" (Red Dwarf), a 1988 TV episode
* "The Balance of Power" (Minder), a 1984 TV episode
* Balance of Power (play-by-mail game)
* Balance of Power (Star Trek), a 1994 novel by Dafydd Ab Hugh
* Balance of Power (video game), 1985
   * Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
