the balance of power

the situation where the power held by one governing body or adversary is balanced by the power of another. The balance of power was threatened when China captured our airplane.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Azeneth	-	Spanish
Roderick	RAHD-ə-rik (English), RAHD-rik (English)	English, Scottish, Welsh
Hamide	-	Persian
Nithin	-	Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Aygul	-	Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Yehuda	-	Hebrew