The concept of conflict is a phenomenon inherent in humanity since ancient times. In the subject of "conflictology", which studies the origin of conflicts, there is no General methodology for the study of inter-ethnic conflicts. There is no interaction between experts-researchers of this problem in the field of applied methods of regulation and prevention of conflict situations. This, of course, reduces the effectiveness of resolving conflicts, including inter-ethnic ones. The article analyzes methods aimed at resolving conflicts that move to the inter-ethnic sphere. In addition, world examples are evaluated in order to increase the validity of the proposed methods.