Ethnic Conflict

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This paper explains that ethnic conflicts are usually identity-based in that the involved groups desire to exclude each other. The author points out that ethnic conflicts, war and terrorism are usually the result of the influence of charismatic leaders that persuade people into sharing their beliefs and performing their wishes. The paper relates that the use of violence or threat with political intentions aimed towards minorities or communities is usually carried out by non-governmental groups or secret organizations, which operate outside the regular parameters of official war or political negotiation.

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"Those traditions usually lead to ethnic issues as well. In order to define ethnic conflicts we should establish the different situations where ethnic groups interact within society. An ethnic group is a collectivity that identifies itself based on elements such as language, religion, race, or the combination of all of those elements, and that share a common identity feeling with other members of the same group that may also be identified as nations, people, minorities or communities. Ethnic conflicts are usually social, political or religious."

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