Demographic warfare

Demographic warfare is ethno-political clash between two or more ethnic groups that inhabit same area. In this case, such ethnic groups are fighting over demographical and political control over disputed area, but unlike in real war, demographic warfare is usually fought with different demographical and political measures that would include colonization, assimilation, population politics that aim to change birth rate among certain populations, and in most extreme cases, demographic warfare might also include ethnic cleansing and [...].

List of current demographic warfares

West Europe

• Demographic warfare between Spanish people and Basque people in Basque Country.
• Demographic warfare between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.

Central Europe, East Europe, and the Balkans

• Demographic warfare between Bosniaks and Croats in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, most notably in Central Bosnia Canton and Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, especially in the city of Mostar.
• Demographic warfare between Serbs and Bosniaks in Republika Srpska and District Brčko, most notably in Brčko and Srebrenica.
• Demographic warfare between Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo.
• Demographic warfare between Macedonians and Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia.
• Demographic warfare between Serbs and Hungarians in Vojvodina, most notably in the cities of Subotica and Bečej.
• Demographic warfare between Romanians and Hungarians in Transylvania.
• Demographic warfare between Slovaks and Hungarians in Slovakia.
• Demographic warfare between Moldovans and East Slavs (Russians and Ukrainians) in Transnistria.
• Demographic warfare between Latvians and Russians in Latvia, most notably in the city of Riga.

Caucasus

• Demographic warfare between Abkhaz people and Georgian people in Abkhazia.
• Demographic warfare between Ossetian people and Georgian people in South Ossetia.
• Demographic warfare between Adyghe people and Russian people in Adygea.

Middle East

• Demographic warfare between Jews and Arabs in Israel and Palestine.
• Demographic warfare between Kurds and Arabs in northern Iraq.
• Demographic warfare between Shia Arabs and Sunni Arabs in Iraq.

East Asia

• Demographic warfare between Uyghur people and Chinese people in Xinjiang.
• Demographic warfare between Tibetan people and Chinese people in Tibet.

See also

• Demographics
• warfare