Table 7 Stability of balance of power systems
From: A transforming international system and the three approaches to the security dilemma
BoP systems | Criteria for stability of BoP systems | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Multiple actors | 2. Global establishment | 3. Nuclear weapons | 4. No revisionist or weak powers | |
European BoP | 5 | No | No | No |
Cold War system | 2 | Partly | Yes | Yes |
MPS | 7 | Partly | Yes | No |