Overview: Worldwide coverage: includes conflicts in Southeast Asia, China, the Pacific Rim, The Middle East, Latin America, Africa, Western Europe, and the Balkans.Extensive analyses of the dynamics of intereth.Although group conflict is hardly new, the last decade has seen a proliferation of conflicts engaging intrastate ethnic groups. It is estimated that two-thirds of violent conflicts being fought each year in every part of the globe including North America are ethnic conflicts. Unlike traditional warfare, civilians comprise more than 80 percent of the casualties, and the economic and psyc
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