Übersetzung für "Das gleichgewicht des schreckens" in Englisch

The balance of fear therefore disappears.

The balance of terror of the Soviet era has given way to unilateral energy dependency in favor of Russia.

The balance of terror of the Cold War does not work with terrorists.

How stable is the “equilibrium of mutual destruction”?

It was probably the balance of terror throughout the forty years of the cold war which allowed us to avoid a third world war.

Enlargement is a political venture but also one with a historical dimension. It aims to reunite Europe for good, following the divisions that arose during the cold war and the balance of terror, when Europe was split into rival blocs.

And still others combine the two, pointing to the “balance of terror” during the Cold War.

We are, therefore, right to tackle the problem but only if we begin with the real issue underlying the idea of coordinating European armaments procurement programmes, by which I mean the question of Euro pean defence and, as a corollary, what range of choice, in the case of armaments as well as other products, should be made available to guarantee it. It is a ques tion of enormous importance and we must discuss it, provided we understand what we are talking about.

Long restrained by the so-called balance of terror, latent antagonisms have resurfaced in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Likewise, I am proud to support the subsequent report of Mr Habsburg, whose very name is identified with progress in Europe.

In the process, Washington has dramatically downgraded its relations with its traditional regional ally Pakistan, thereby overturning the regional "balance of terror" between South Asia's rival nuclear-armed powers.

Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida gave a speech where he claimed that Operation Protective Edge had changed the balance of terror with Israel and the Hamas' military wing would not stop preparing for the next round of combat with Israel.

The balance of terror of the past seems utterly benign compared with the scenario of a "multipolar" arms race with many unpredictable players.

Talking about security policy today, we are not primarily discussing nuclear armament and the "mutually assured destruction" doctrine.

With the end of the Cold War, the equilibrium of atomic terror was replaced by the uncontrollable arms trading in Eastern European countries.

And sometimes ideas that do become accepted are not even good for society, for example the concept of racial superiority or mutually assured destruction.

And the equilibrium of terror distanced the hope of the liberation of the peoples of the East from their regimes.

Nevertheless, the balance of terror, Brandt insisted, must "take a second seat to the attempt to solve problems peacefully without any illusions".

The force that sustains a certain level of influence does not need to be used so long as no one dares challenge it – as with the "balance of terror" between the USSR and the US which prevented either moving into the other's sphere of influence in Europe during the Cold War.

The force that sustains a certain level of influence does not need to be used so long as no one dares challenge it – as with the “balance of terror” between the USSR and the US which prevented either moving into the other’s sphere of influence in Europe during the Cold War.

After the Soviet Union collapsed, we all believed that the days of mutually assured destruction were behind us, but, today, the risk is that, while that may have been banished from the global stage, it may be about to resume regionally.