The situation in ethnic states where armed groups operate is volatile.

It would set a terrible example of legitimizing the creation of ethnic states in a region whose countries are mixtures of peoples.

Biden was instead a leading advocate for dividing Iraq into a loose federation of three ethnic states.

This way a Pashtunistan will not dare attack the smaller ethnic states.

The breakup of the Ottoman Empire into ethnic based states.

The Soviet Union disintegrated, and Yugoslavia splintered into warring ethnic states.

In addition, the new ethnic states within the nominal Bosnian federation are seeking to enter into alliances with outside powers.

Some scholars argue that these countries may be in the early stages of becoming ethnic states.

At any rate, the centers of the great Maya ethnic states were gradually abandoned one after the other, never to flourish again.

He opposed tactics like trade boycotts and came to favor the idea of a federation of ethnic states as a stepping stone toward majority rule.