CEVAP:

The concept of balance of power constitutes an important aspect of structural realist paradigm as it does in classical realist framework. However, meaning of this concept in these two approaches, not surprisingly, is not the same. While classical realists emphasize the primacy of absolute gain to take a better position at international scene; their neorealist counterparts, in this regard, highlight relative gain concept as the most critical preoccupation of state that is in search of security in anarchical system. In order to develop a comprehensive understanding of this relative/ absolute gain distinction, it is definitely needed to examine these two paradigms’ thinking related to the issue of polarity of international system.