The events of the last few years have amplified four issues, which have always existed, but have never been as rampant as in the present upheaval in the region.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	_
2	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	9:nsubj	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	7:case	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	7:amod	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	7:amod	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	2:nmod:of	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	9:aux	_
9	amplified	amplify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	11:nummod	_
11	issues	issue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	9:obj|16:nsubj|23:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	11:punct	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	11:ref	_
14	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	16:aux	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	16:advmod	_
16	existed	exist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	11:acl:relcl	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	23:cc	_
19	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	23:aux	_
20	never	never	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	23:advmod	_
21	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	cop	23:cop	_
22	as	as	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	23:advmod	_
23	rampant	rampant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	11:acl:relcl|16:conj:but	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	28	case	28:case	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	28:case	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	28:det	_
27	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	28:amod	_
28	upheaval	upheaval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	23:obl:in	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	31:case	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	31:det	_
31	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	28:nmod:in	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	9:punct	_
