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Hegemony is an indirect form of government, and of imperial dominance in which the hegemon rules geopolitically subordinate states by the implied means of power, the threat of force, rather than by direct military force. In Ancient Greece hegemony denoted the politico–military dominance of a city-state over other city-states. Limited War, Civil War and Guerilla War are also discussed in this type of warfare.

An ethnic conflict is an armed conflict between ethnic groups. It contrasts with civil war on one hand and regular warfare on the other, where two or more sovereign states are in conflict. Conflict economics is a branch of economics that puts the allocation of resources by means of violent fighting into economic models.