Relations between ethnic Russians and the indigenous peoples of Estonia and Latvia are improving.

ECONOMIST: Nordic security

The prime minister is quick to talk up threats to his country, whether from malcontents in the army or disgruntled ethnic groups among Ethiopia's mosaic of peoples.

ECONOMIST: Ethiopia's resilient prime minister

Clinton worked through NATO to protect the independence of Bosnia and the autonomy of Kosovo from a Serbia bent upon reestablishing its own version of hegemony over peoples that had suffered centuries of ethnic conflict under the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.

NPR: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of U.S. Imperialism

Turning to fears that Kosovo will become a purely ethnic Albanian state, he pointed to the various ethnic groups among the US troops and said they should be an example of how different peoples could live together.

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