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
See also
- All pages with titles containing Balance of power
- Power Balance, a brand of hologram bracelets
- Separation of powers, a model of governance characterized by checks and balances among branches of government
- Consociationalism, a form of government involving guaranteed group representation
- Balance of terror
- Balance of threat