But the region does seem a tempting target for outside agitators, with a restive population of unemployed young men.

The horrific marionettes served to warn the restive population against rebellion.

Why burden those negotiations and needlessly provoke a restive population with these settlements?

With severe economic troubles, weak leadership and a restive population, Argentina has been courting trouble for months.

An even greater danger is that increasingly restive populations might conclude that no approach at all will work.

However, forced resettlement may sometimes be counter-productive where it increases resentment among an already restive population against the ruling regime.

They know they have a restive population, and they fear that even a small opening will make room for a bigger wedge.

They rule increasingly restive populations mostly born after the rulers came to power.

What they have not been able to do is pacify the restive population and weed out the enemies in their midst.

Democracy will require a great deal of patience from this young, restive population.