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A community is the best way to unite a generation. However, in our generation, we have developed a community that goes beyond our borders. This is important because it allows us to engage in more business, and it allows us to use other countries resources. However, although it might seem that there is a lot of good in having an international community, it is not that simple. International politics is a very complicated field. There are many laws, and countries that will trigger themselves in to war. This semester, we have learned a little bit about what effects international conflict. We have read the book Ethnic Conflict A Systematic Approach to Cases of Conflict, the clashes of Civilizations and the remaking of the world order, and From Voting to Violence Dimocrazation and national conflict. After reading these books, it is clear that there are many common themes, these include talking about ethnic conflicts, nationalism and violence.

There are many times in these books where we find that we are talking about ethnic conflicts. In Ethnic conflicts, By Neal G. Jesse and Kristen P. Williams, he begins by discussing how to define an ethnic conflict. He states that an ethnic conflict is “ a violent conflict between ethnic groups and government forces that consist of one or more different ethnic groups”. Then he focuses on five key ethnic conflicts. These include the conflict between the Protestants and Catholics in northern Ireland, the conflict in Bosnia, the Arabs, African and Darfur conflict in Sudan, the Protracted Rebellion and the Israel Palestinian conflict.

In addition, in the clash of civilization, by Samuel P. Huntington, the author talks about how the United States is declining as a country and the rise of Muslim, A...

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...o restructure political in there acorn around national themes.”(182) these themes allowed these government to become super powers in there times.

These books that we have read through this semester have taught us a lot about how the world is run. There are many ethnic conflicts in the world, which cause a lot of violence. However, because there is violence, it causes a country to start over and re identify themselves. When this happens the country has an opportunity to recreate its nationalism. Nationalism is important because it allows us to have an identity and to connect with a country. when this happens it builds a bond between citizen, which will help it become a greater country. hopefully all countries will be able to have a form of nationalism. However, hopefully they will use their power in a positive way and create a better world for the next generation.