“…At the same time, the indicators of group concentration and majority status are rendered statistically non-significant when regional ethnic diversity is taken into account. Geographically induced first-strike advantages in ethnic conflict are in the literature supposed to operate within the framework of the so-called security dilemma (Kaufman, 1994(Kaufman, /95, 1996a(Kaufman, , 1996b(Kaufman, , 1996c(Kaufman, , 2001Kaufmann, 1996Kaufmann, , 1998Posen, 1993;van Evera, 1994). When choosing control variables in addition to the indicators of group concentration and majority status, I therefore include other factors that exacerbate or mitigate the security dilemma.…”