Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 arch enemies 51 bitter rivals 50 arch foe 48 arch rivals 46 detente 45 archrivals 44 rapprochement 44 adversaries 43 frosty relations 42 arch enemy 42 Islamic republic 42 diplomatic ties 41 hardliners 40 détente 40 ease tensions 40 nuclear ambitions 40 defuse tensions 39 majority Shi'ites 39 fiercest rivals 38 territorial dispute 38 bitter rivalry 38 allies 38 Iran 38 Koreas 38 Saudi monarch 38 diplomatic relations 37 mend ties 37 hard liners 37 truces 37 hardline 37 easing tensions 37 reigning champions 36 normalized relations 36 diplomatic overtures 36 Dalai Lama envoys 36 staunchest ally 36 peace treaty 35 warring parties 35 divided peninsula 35 sides 35 fragile truce 35 feuding factions 35 envoys 35 Palestinian statehood 35 decider 35 inflame tensions 35 uneasy truce 34 Syria 34 US backed 34 sectarian clashes 34 Shiite militias 34 hostilities 34 bi lateral 34 Great Satan 34 normalize ties 34 Himalayan territory 34 deadlock 34 factions 34 normalizing relations 34 territorial disputes 34 peacemaking 34 diplomatic spat 34 warring sides 34 diplomatic 33 Muslim sects 33 factional fighting 33 diplomacy 33 US brokered 33 bilateral ties 33 heightened tensions 33 leaderships 33 Islamic Republic 33 Palestinian factions 33 normalize relations 33 enmity 33 rivalry 33 stalemates 33 bitterest 33 corresponding fixture 33 Mideast peace 33 rivals 33 renounced violence 32 renegade province 32 shuttle diplomacy 32 bilateral relations 32 fomenting 32 Middle East peacemaking 32 trilateral 32 recriminations 32 antagonists 32 arch rival 32 ally 32 heighten tensions 32 warring factions 32 conciliatory gesture 32 fiercest 32 ended inconclusively 32 resumption 32 closest ally 32 fiercely contested 32 mutual distrust