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FEATURES OF MODERN POLITICAL CONFLICTS 
Safaeva Fazilat Ilxomjonovna 
2nd year Master's student of “International Relations and
Foreign Policy” in Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies 
ABSTRACT 
Political conflict is an integral element of power-management relations. Using 
modern strategies and tactics, the subjects of political conflict manage conflict 
interaction, develop ways to prevent and resolve conflicts in the political sphere. This 
article analyzes political conflicts and their features, as well as examines the 
interpretations of the conflict in modern theories of international relations. 
KEY WORDS: 
participants of political conflict, soft power, hard power, methods 
of force pressure 
Political conflicts, as a special way of resolving contradictions between two or 
more subjects of political-power interaction, have existed throughout human 
development. As noted by the famous military theorist and historian of the 19th 
century, Karl von Clausewitz, the history of the world is the history of wars. 
Indeed, about 250 states, 7 billion people, speaking 4000 languages and at 
different stages of their development, arose as a result of constant confrontations[1]. 
The most acute struggle takes place between individuals and social groups in the 
sphere of politics. Politics is nothing more than a means of provoking this struggle for 

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influence in the system of political relations, as well as the disposal of resources and 
the adoption of generally significant decisions. Often such confrontation takes place 
precisely in the form of political conflicts. 
In the modern world, the intensification of integration and modernization 
processes, the acceleration of the pace of social development exacerbate old 
contradictions and generate new diverse conflicts. Therefore, even today, the special 
attention of researchers and politicians is attracted by political conflicts that have 
such a noticeable impact on the political system. It should be noted that a political 
conflict is not always equivalent to a military conflict, an armed struggle, although in 
emergency situations it can end with it. Moreover, in the settlement of conflicts, 
most countries of the world give preference to political, diplomatic, economic and 
other non-military methods. It follows that a political conflict is a clash, a 
confrontation of political subjects, caused by the opposite of their political interests, 
values and views [2]. 
To understand the features of modern political conflicts, it is necessary to 
consider modern theories of international relations and their interpretation of 
conflicts: 
So,