Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 68 tensions 65 heightened tensions 57 heightened tension 56 geopolitical tensions 53 ease tensions 52 simmering tensions 52 Tensions 51 tension 49 saber rattling 48 defuse tensions 46 frictions 46 diplomatic spat 45 supply disruptions 45 rapprochement 45 turmoil 45 unrest 45 nuclear ambitions 44 escalating 44 heighten tensions 44 discord 43 confrontation 43 rift 42 escalation 42 inflame tensions 42 territorial dispute 41 provocation 41 Tension 41 sectarian tensions 41 roiled 41 standoff 41 provocations 41 brinkmanship 40 instability 40 retaliatory attacks 40 divided peninsula 39 bloodshed 39 geopolitical 39 strife 39 sectarian tension 39 rifts 39 friction 39 jitters 39 Korean peninsula 38 destabilizing 38 unease 38 deepening 38 fence mending 38 schism 38 disputed islands 38 ethnic tensions 38 detente 38 feuding 37 dissension 37 territorial disputes 37 South Korean warship 37 violent clashes 37 animosity 37 imposing sanctions 37 antagonism 37 usd barrel 37 destabilize 36 acrimony 36 jittery 36 souring 36 tense 36 hostilities 36 spooking 36 muscle flexing 36 increasingly assertive 36 sovereign debt 36 Bond yields 36 disagreements 36 confrontations 36 ethnic strife 36 clashes 36 volatile 36 tense standoff 36 racial tensions 35 reprisal attacks 35 conflict 35 Unrest 35 simmering 35 breakaway regions 35 animosities 35 roiling 35 intensifying 35 upheaval 35 inflammatory rhetoric 35 Crude futures 35 dispute 35 Korean Peninsula 35 feud 35 refinery outages 35 furor 35 hawkish 35 fallout 34 uneasiness 34 risk aversion 34 sectarian divisions 34 Korean torpedo 34 exercise restraint