Increased instability is almost certain.
Increased instability in the Middle East is another factor.
"Everything that happened this year worsened the economic levels, increased instability inside the country and worsened the image of our state in the world.
Increased instability on the border and a flood of refugees into Kosovo would also aggravate the already volatile situation in the province.
He pointed to the widespread use of legal highs as a key factor behind the increased instability in prisons.
Two years on, Obama – worried about increased instability in the region – has had a rethink as hardline militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is taking over swaths of Iraq and parts of Syria.
So Nangarhar is unlikely to remain poppy free, and risks increased instability as its tight-knit tribes defy the government to plant poppy.
The potential for conflict between Georgia and its Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia points to increased instability in the South Caucasus.
Aoife McDonnell, of UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, said that despite border closures and tightened security, increased numbers of refugees were also heading for Jordan from central and northern areas of Syria because of increased instability and insecurity in Lebanon and Iraq, particularly Anbar province, and because of heavy militarisation along the Turkish border.
Tunisian forces launched air and ground strikes on Islamist militants near the border with Algeria on Friday after fierce overnight clashes in the area, which coincided with increased instability and political turmoil in Tunisia.
*"A Democratic supporter of an Iraq resolution is most compelling and strongly preferred to the Republican supporter when he or she gives strong voice to certain reservations about this operation -- the need for allies who will share costs, concern about increased instability and neglect of the war on terrorism".
