Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 62 territorial disputes 58 territorial dispute 55 diplomatic spats 53 Volcanic eruptions 53 Ethnic tensions 52 deadly skirmishes 52 tensions 51 bloody naval skirmishes 51 frictions 50 Ambalat 49 disputed islands 49 spats 49 quarrels 48 Confrontations 48 disputes 47 Senkaku Islands 47 disputed maritime 47 antagonisms 47 Tensions 47 Chinese fishing trawler 46 confrontations 46 nationalist passions 46 Bilateral ties 46 mutual recriminations 46 Spratly Islands 46 inflamed tensions 46 escalating tensions 46 Paracels 46 simmering tensions 46 simmering tension 46 exacerbating tensions 45 Diaoyu islands 45 Spratly 45 Senkaku 45 Geopolitical tensions 45 Deadly clashes 45 Disputes 45 Disagreements 44 coastguard vessels 44 disagreements 44 disputed islets 44 geopolitical tension 44 Senkakus 44 mutual distrust 44 diplomatic spat 44 squabbles 44 mutual mistrust 44 Eruptions 44 skirmishes 44 Korean Peninsula 43 Sporadic clashes 43 heightened tensions 43 Violent clashes 43 Alone doji 43 Korean Peninsular 43 Downside risks 43 Sporadic fighting 43 simmering 42 quarreling 42 Takeshima 42 flashpoint 42 conflicts 42 Yellow Sea 42 instabilities 42 strident rhetoric 42 nationalisms 42 antagonism 42 heightening tensions 42 Infestations 42 tiffs 42 heated debates 42 Animosity 42 Diaoyu Islands 42 spewed ash 42 Sectarian tensions 41 friction 41 tension 41 violent confrontations 41 Control LAC 41 discord 41 naval maneuvers 41 heightened risk aversion 41 Corruption scandals 41 flashpoints 41 Fierce clashes 41 dispute 41 ethnic rivalries 41 clashes erupt 41 easing tensions 41 enmities 41 Kuril islands 41 archipelagos 41 stoking tensions 41 Skirmishes 41 roiling 41 Spratlys 41 bloody confrontations 41 NKorea warns 41 roiled 41 belligerent rhetoric 41 trade frictions