relationship between agents who consider themselves as being culturally distinctive .
from members of other groups with whom they have a minimum of regular .
interaction. It is a social identity characterized by metaphoric or fictive kinship. .
Ethnicity is intimately related to the evolution of nineteenth and twentieth century .
state system through the force of nationalism. It is the idea of modern nationalism that .
predicts politicized dynamics of ethnic affiliations with its emphasis on we and .
they. Nationalism identifies a primary political and territorial community- the state .
with a common ethnic identity- the nation. Nationalism forges together a sense of .
people hood or belongingness based on common history, ancestry, culture, language or .
religion. Thus, the rise of the modern state system formally institutionalized the .
notion of the ethnic group as the legitimate and some time, exclusive participant in the .
political community- the state. Nationalism, therefore, is the visible and politicized .
manifestation of the phenomenon ethnicity. .
In the post-World War II era, increasing patterns of global interdepence in economic .
affairs, communication and transportation systems, and the penetration of societies .
provide ethnic groups with much opportunities to enter the political process of states, .
regions, and the global system. Patterns of global interdependence and dependence .
deepen the sensitivity and vulnerability of actors in world politics, especially states, .
that provide rooms for non-state actors to play a more significant role. .
3. Why there is no such thing as ethnic war?.
It is not likely that one ethnic group generally hates or dislikes other ethnic .
group and go for warfare because of their diverse ethnicity if there are no other .
complicated reasons for doing so. Indeed people of the same race fight each other .
because of many sordid interests associated with political,economical, ideological, .