ABSTRACT
Conflicts between majorities and minorities, between the nationalities within a country, and between those in different countries, are worldwide phenomena that are causing a resurgence in the study of nationality problems in the social sciences. The problems of ethnic minorities and their inherent potentials for conflict are themselves important factors in the numerous international conflicts that take place against the backdrop of national conflicts. Since national minorities can be used or exploited for or against a country's interests, in multinational states the stability of a country quite often depends on the system of relations woven among its different peoples.
