Conflict as a socio-political phenomenon is inherent to every society. It is one of the manifestations of the political process, a means of resolving its contradictions. The important role of conflict already marked the ancients who affirmed that the source of the movement of all things lies in the formation of opposites and their struggle. Conflict as a social phenomenon was first studied in the writings of Georg Simmel, G. Hegel, Marx, A. Smith, A. Tocqueville. The isolation of political conflicts into the separate problem of world political science falls in the middle of the 20th century. . Since then, political conflict studies have become one of the most important branches of theoretical and applied political science. At the national level, political science focuses on the study of regional and ethnic conflicts. The problem of today's world is to study the nature of conflicts and the means of resolving them. It is important, firstly, in terms of the overall threat that armed conflict poses to human civilization, and secondly, because of the proximity of many conflicts to its borders, and thirdly, because of the particular dangers of conflict in a multinational country , the presence of a number of areas prone to persistent conflicts (Batros and Wehr 2002). A political conflict is a conflict, a confrontation of different socio-political forces and political actors in their quest to achieve conflict. their interests in the struggle to acquire or maintain power have caused the opposite of their political interests and values. Compared to all other types of conflicts inherent in public life, political conflict has its particularities: it is dominated by the struggle for power. If power is not passed down by inheritance, it is a conflict between people for...... middle of paper...... Wehr. “Understanding conflicts”. In Using Conflict Theory, by OJ Batros and P. Wehr, 12-28. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. DeVotta, N. “Illiberalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka.” Journal of Democracy 13, no. 1 (2002): 84 - 98. Jacoby, T. “Conclusion”. In Understanding Conflict and Violence: Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Approaches, by T. Jacoby, 17 - 191. na: na, 2008. Keen, D. “With Whom? In The Media of Conflict, by Allan T. & Seaton J., 81 - 100. London: Zen Books, 1999. Korf, B. “Cargo Cult Science, Armchair Empiricism and the Idea of ​​Violent Conflict.” » Third World Quarterly 27, № 3 (2006): 459 - 476. Salih, MAM “The role of social sciences in conflict analysis”. Nordic Journal of African Studies 2, no. 2 (1993): 3 - 20.Shastri, A. “The material basis of separatism”. Asion review studies 49, no. 1 (1990): 56-77.