"instigate a conflict" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe someone who deliberately starts a disagreement or confrontation between two or more people or groups. For example: The teacher was shocked when the students accused her of deliberately trying to instigate a conflict between them.
Russian security and military forces then instigated a conflict in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, a conflict that has claimed more than 10,000 lives and continues to simmer.
If Japan wants to instigate an armed conflict which may eventually involve China and the US on opposing sides, it would be a fantasy to imagine that any such conflict would enable one side to completely overwhelm the other without quickly escalating from a conventional war to a non-conventional war.
The invasion also generated millions of refugees, largely destroyed the country, and instigated a sectarian conflict that is now tearing apart Iraq and the entire region.
Johnson, Oct. 23: By issuing this subpoena, you have instigated a Constitutional conflict with an inquiry that seems more designed to harass climate scientists than to further any legitimate legislative purpose.
The assault would be somewhat similar to 20 or 30 Congressmen in the United States attacking a black member of Congress or a Native American Representative for merely stating that an accused African-American or American Indian had in fact not instigated a particular conflict or crime.
Avoid insulting the bully if they have a history of physically bullying you, since this instigates a conflict you can't win.
Because priorities continue to remain national, there are conflicting and clashing ambitions among different players globally which seek to instigate a policy which will benefit a certain national corporate or citizen interest.
Yes, he might instigate a $1tn infrastructure spend.
Now it could instigate a big revolt of backbenchers.
