Ethnic Conflicts in the Developing World

The idea that inter-ethnic conflict has exploded since the end of the Cold War is somewhat of a misconception in my opinion. The idea that the number of ethnic conflicts has recently exploded, ushering us into a violent new era of ethnic "pandemonium," is one of those optical illusions that round-the-clock and round-the-world television coverage has helped to create. Ethnic conflicts have consistently formed the vast majority of wars ever since the event of decolonization …

…of struggles during the history of the world have been as a result of some type of intra-state conflict, rather than inter-state conflict. And when referring to intra-state conflict, it’s most likely as a result of some type of ethnic dispute. Ethnic conflict has not exploded onto the scene since the Cold War, but instead has only continued, as it has in the past, and become the focal point of coverage by the media.