An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more ethnic groups. While the source of the conflict may be political, social, economic or religious,...

independence from the United Kingdom. It has largely been an ethnic conflict, with ethnic armed groups fighting Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw, for...

mainland Europe. The conflict was primarily political and nationalistic, being fuelled by historical events. It also had an ethnic or sectarian dimension...

The ethnic conflicts in Kazakhstan refer to a series of insurgencies in Kazakhstan that date back to when the country was part of the Soviet Union, then...

Polish and Ukrainian populations suffering as a result. Moreover, the ethnic conflict widened and intensified, which was bound to lead to further fighting...

Ethnic conflicts in Kenya occur frequently, although most are classified as minor skirmishes.[citation needed] A significant increase in the severity of...

Ethnic violence is a form of political violence which is expressly motivated by ethnic hatred and ethnic conflict. Forms of ethnic violence which can be...

Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically...

The Naga conflict, also known as the Naga Insurgency, is an ongoing conflict fought between the ethnic Nagas and the governments of India in northeastern...

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from...

different ethnic groups present in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union today. This diversity has been the source or instigator of conflict for...

Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Caucasus, New York City: New York University Press, ISBN 978-0-81-479709-9 Blair, Heather "Ethnic Conflict as...

The Kuki–Paite Conflict, also called Kuki–Zomi Conflict, was an ethnic conflict during 1997–1998 between tribal communities in Churachandpur district in...

Buddhism in Sri Lanka. ( Routledge, 2013). DeVotta, Neil. "From ethnic outbidding to ethnic conflict: the institutional bases for Sri Lanka's separatist war 1...

nationalism and ethnic conflict: whether nationalism is beneficial; whether ethnic violence is ever justified; what the causes of ethnic conflict are; whether...

Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s and the "resurgence of ethnic and national claims and conflicts in its aftermath" only further spurred ethnonationalism...

Ethnic conflict exists in every country and Ghana is just one of them. Ghana ranks 43rd in the Global Peace Index. and as the most peaceful country in...

defined by ethnicity. Ethnic federal systems have been created in attempts to accommodate demands for ethnic autonomy and manage inter-ethnic tensions within...

or Sino-East Turkistan conflict (as argued by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile), is an ongoing ethnic geopolitical conflict in what is now China's...

This is the longest and bloodiest ethnic clash in the history of Manipur. The Kukis and Nagas are distinct ethnic groups with unique cultural identities...

understood conflict in all its forms: "class conflict, race conflict, and ethnic conflict", and calls him one of the fathers of conflict theory. What...

The East Prigorodny conflict, also referred to as the Ossetian–Ingush conflict, was an inter-ethnic conflict within the Russian Federation, in the eastern...

documented in numerous situations. Ethnic tensions have led to numerous incidents in the country such as the Xinjiang conflict, the ongoing internment and state...

racism with earlier forms of ethnic and national conflict. In most cases, ethno-national conflict seems to owe itself to conflict over land and strategic resources...

or cultivating ethnic conflict. Critics of earlier development theories, mentioned above, point out that "ethnicity" and ethnic conflict cannot be treated...

by the conflict, many of whom fled to neighbouring Thailand and survive in refugee camps. Tensions between the Karen people and the Bamar ethnic majority...

Kazakh–Russian ethnic conflicts refers to the ethnic clashes between Kazakhs and Russians that occurred from the late 20th to early 21st century. These...

This is a list of ethnic riots by country, and includes riots based on ethnic, sectarian, xenophobic, and racial conflict. Some of these riots can also...

more contending ethnic groups Group conflict, conflict between groups Intragroup conflict, conflict within groups Organizational conflict, discord caused...

of conflict that occurs when different cultural values and beliefs clash. Intellectual conflict is a subclass of cultural conflict. Ethnic conflict is...