The Balance of Power Theory

THE BALANCE OF POWER THEORY. The most critical and obvious feature of international affairs is its state of anarchy. The international stage features many indepent actors each seeking their own best interest and security . With no sovereign body to govern over these actors it would seem that the system would never be capable of attaining any control. However this is not the reality of the system, we have seen in history that it is possible …

…a simplified model of international relations. It is not then suggested that the theory be abandonned, because it does offer helpful insight into inter-state relations, instead it is suggested that it not be used as the sole analytical tool. The B.O.P. theory because of its nature offers general explanations about international relations which is very useful. However when studying world affairs one needs to dig deeper to view the many variations of states.