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