Question

N which of the following conflicts did the distribution of ethnic groups act as a centripetal force?

Answer 1

The following conflicts were

• The ongoing Cyprus dispute: is a conflict between the two communities that coexist in the island: Turkish and Cypriots (connected to the Greek culture). There was a Turkish military invasion in 1974, when the Turkish occupied the Northern third of the island and self-declared the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, only recognized by Turkey nowadays. In fact, the Republic of Cyprus is recognized in the international community and a single legitimate state, that comprises the whole island.

• Former Yugoslavia: the ethnic conflict in fact led to the Yugoslav Wars and to the disolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. The different republics that formerly constituted Yugoslavia (he SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Serbia and SR Slovenia), declared their independence, even tough there still existed internal ethnic tensions on each.
• Iraq: ethnic conflicts due to the divisions between the Sunni and Shi'ite factions in Iraq. Concerns emerged with the arrival of Sadam Hussein to power. The conflict stills ongoing nowadays.