 Despite much academic criticism of primordialism, and the development of other ethnic theories such as constructivism and instrumentalism, primordialism is "influential in identifying the enduring strength of ethnic ties and its member's commitment to it".For example, some scholars have argued that the Cold War influenced and instigate this belief in ethnicity and ethnic conflict.However, primordialism disagrees and argues that ethnicity existed historically, long before the Cold War, which merely gave way to ideological issues.