"The choice is between short-term political benefits and long-term stability."

There will also be a trade-off between stability and the speed of the response to changes.

Their cities have educated them in the dynamic relationship between stability and change.

There is some trade off between boat speed and stability in choice of hull shape.

This provides a good compromise between stability and ease of construction.

Do you feel that such institutions play no part in the cooperative behavior between states and continuing stability?

This is clearly difficult to strike the correct balance between stability and innovation.

There is a close link between security, political stability and the economy.

There is no choice between democracy and stability; both are imperative.

From our point of view there must always be a balance between stability and reform.