By Patricia Lourdes Viray
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED 6:18 p.m.) — The likelihood that authoritarianism and political instability will grow in the Philippines this year is moderate, a New York-based think tank said.
The Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action released its annual Preventive Priorities Survey which evaluates ongoing and potential conflicts that may occur in the coming year.
According to the survey, the risk of growing political instability and dictatorship in the Philippines, the study said, may potentially stem from opposition to the government's domestic and foreign policy agenda.
"The risk of growing authoritarianism and political instability in the Philippines and Turkey represent completely new contingencies," the report noted.
The risk of political instability in the country was dubbed to be of moderate priority, or in Tier II of concerns, for the United States.
This possible instability in the Philippines will also have moderate impact on the US, the report said.
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