"Destabilizing" refers to causing instability or disruptions in a situation, system, or environment. It describes actions or factors that create chaos, unsettle the balance, or upset the normal functioning of something.
John Broder has a story above the fold in Sunday's Times describing growing concerns of Defense Department planners over the potential destabilizing effect of the building global greenhouse effect. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
But they've been further destabilized by new developments like the scandal over White House staff secretary Rob Porter and a round of reports that special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into what seems to be everything under the sun. (vox.com)
Should the US bomb Syria in order to punish Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons on his own people, risking a wider American involvement in the conflict and potentially further destabilizing the region? (techpresident.com)