The balance of power theory is a core tenet of both classical and neorealist theory and seeks to explain alliance formation. Due to the neorealist idea of anarchism as a result of the international system, states must ensure their survival through maintaining or increasing their power in a self-help world. With no authority above the state to come to its rescue in the event of an attack by …

Power as victory in conflict and the attainment of security; Power as control over resources and capabilities; Power as status, which some states or actors possess and others do not. Power as a goal. The primary usage of "power" as a goal in international relations belongs to political theorists, such as Niccolò Machiavelli and Hans Morgenthau.

Balancing (international relations) Balance (apportionment), a criterion for fair allocation of seats among parties or states; Other uses. Balance (advertisement), a 1989 award-winning television advertisement for the Lexus LS 400; Balance (metaphysics), a desirable point between two or more opposite forces;

This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the great powers from 1814 to 1919. This era covers the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), to the end of the First World War and the Paris Peace Conference (1919–20).. Important themes include the rapid industrialization and growing …

Balance of Power is a computer strategy game of geopolitics during the Cold War, created by Chris Crawford and published in 1985 on the Macintosh by Mindscape, followed by ports to a variety of platforms over the next two years.. In the game, the player takes the role of the President of the United States or General Secretary of the Soviet Union.The goal is to improve …

History of relations. Ukraine's Declaration of Sovereignty, adopted by parliament in 1990, declared it had the "intention of becoming a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs and adheres to three nuclear free principles" (art. 9).. Presidency of Leonid Kravchuk (1991–1994) Relations between Ukraine and NATO were formally established in …

The Council of Europe (CoE; French: Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it has 46 member states, with a population of approximately 675 million; it operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros. ...

Historian A. J. P. Taylor says that the seizure, which lasted seven decades, "was a great event; indeed, the only real event in international relations between the Battle of Sedan and the defeat of Russia and the Russo-Japanese war." Taylor emphasizes long-term impact: The British occupation of Egypt altered the balance of power.

The term "new world order" refers to a new period of history evidencing dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power in international relations.Despite varied interpretations of this term, it is primarily associated with the ideological notion of world governance only in the sense of new collective efforts to identify, understand, or address global …

Early history of the field. Early international relations scholarship in the interwar years focused on the need for the balance of power system to be replaced with a system of collective security. These thinkers were later described as "Idealists". The leading critique of this school of thinking was the "realist" analysis offered by Carr.