Conflict as a socio-political phenomenon is inherent in any society. It is one of the manifestations of the political process, a method for resolving its contradictions. The important role of conflict already distinguished the ancients who stated that the source of the movement of all things lies in the formation of opposites and their struggle. Conflict as a social phenomenon was studied for the first time in the writings of Georg Simmel, G. Hegel, Marx, A. Smith, A. Tocqueville. The isolation of political conflicts in 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. In national political science focuses on the study of regional and ethnic conflicts. The problem in today's world is that studying the nature of conflicts and ways to resolve them is important, firstly, in terms of the overall threat that armed conflicts represent to human civilization, and secondly, due to the closeness of many conflicts at its borders and, thirdly, due to the special dangers of conflict in a multinational country, the availability of a number of persistently conflict-prone zones (Batros and Wehr 2002). Political conflict is conflict, confrontation of different socio-political forces and political actors in their attempt to realize their interests in the struggle for acquiring or maintaining power, caused the opposite of their political interests and values. Compared to all other types of conflicts inherent in public life, political conflict has its own peculiarities: it is dominated by the struggle for power. If power is not transmitted through inheritance, it is a conflict between people for the...... middle of paper...... Wehr. “Understanding conflict.” In Using Conflict Theory, by O. J. Batros and P. Wehr, 12-28. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.DeVotta, N. “Illiberalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka.” Journal of democracy 13, n. 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. “Who is between?” In The Media of Concept, by Allan T. & Seaton J., 81 - 100. London: Zen Books, 1999. Korf, B. «Cargo Cult Science, Armchair Empiricism and the Idea of ​​Violent Concept.» 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.” The journal of studies Asion 49, n. 1 (1990): 56-77.