The phrase "increased conflict" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a situation where there is a greater level of disagreement or tension between individuals or groups. This phrase can be used in various contexts, such as in politics, relationships, or workplace dynamics. Example: The company's decision to lay off employees led to increased conflict among the remaining staff members, as they were tasked with taking on additional responsibilities without any increase in pay.
Unfortunately, this has led to increased conflict and suffering.
An unbalanced, unipolar world, with one country dictating to others thanks to its vast military superiority, can only lead to increased injustices and increased conflict.
The most isolated tribes – the Tagaeri and Taromenane, who shun contact with the outside world – are in theory protected by the state, but their territory has steadily shrunk, which has led to increased conflict.
The world population passed the 7bn mark last year and the estimate is that it could reach 9bn by the middle of the century, putting strains on resources and leading to increased conflict.
Dorling welcomes the economic slowdown that has occurred in highly developed countries, and, in terms of the health of the planet, he is right; but the great majority of human beings want more growth not less, and any protracted contraction is bound to be accompanied by increased conflict.
Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (Unep), said regional co-operation will be key to diffusing tensions, managing risks and limiting the possibilities of increased conflict and migration – particularly northern pastoralists pushing south into regions used by farmers.
Such an approach contributes to the downgrading of rivers and increased conflict among countries of the river basin.
Accordingly, increased conflict-related activity in the ACC may increase demand-driven behavioral adjustments (cf. Kerns et al., 2004; van Steenbergen et al., 2010).
Moreover, the single-trial activity corroborated the seemingly contradictory cueing effect around the response, of increased conflict-related midfrontal theta power when this conflict could be anticipated.
This reduction in interference was driven by both postconflict speeding of incompatible trials [illustrating that increased conflict-driven control reduces interference; t(18) = -4.2, p <.001] and by postconflict slowing of compatible trials [illustrating that increased conflict-driven control reduces facilitation; t(18) = 4.5, p <.001].
First, we obtained strong evidence of increased conflict-related midfrontal theta-band (3 8 Hz) power, and stronger conflict-related interregional theta synchrony, specific to situations of high conflict likelihood.
