Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 46 nationalist passions 45 factionalized 45 enmities 44 geopolitical realities 44 ethnic rivalries 42 animosities 42 stalemated 41 Militarily 41 rifts 41 Insurgencies 40 ethnic hatreds 40 tribal rivalries 40 factional infighting 40 Manichaean 40 deeply divided 40 politically polarized 40 animosity 40 ideological differences 39 conscript army 39 mistrust 39 belligerency 39 bitterly divided 39 disagreements 39 Juarez drug cartels 39 unpopularity 39 animist south 39 checkbook diplomacy 38 divisive 38 distrust 38 clan rivalries 38 semiautonomous tribal 38 ethnic bloodletting 38 schisms 38 internecine fighting 38 UN protectorate 38 implacable enemies 38 induced famine 38 ethno sectarian 37 tribal loyalties 37 Khartoum mobilized 37 hardline Islamist movement 37 bitterly divisive 37 lingering animosity 37 racially polarized 37 mutual distrust 37 forbidding terrain 37 irresolvable 37 conflict 37 Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan 37 simmering tensions 37 Maronite Christians 37 sectarian divides 37 nationalisms 37 tribal allegiances 37 polarizing figure 37 Ethnic tensions 37 frictions 37 mistrusts 37 ethnic tensions 37 conflictual 37 secular nationalists 37 antagonisms 36 wields considerable influence 36 Soviet occupiers 36 nationalistic 36 geopolitical uncertainty 36 deeply entrenched 36 strife 36 diplomatic spats 36 territorial disputes 36 Simmering tensions 36 communist insurgencies 36 antipathy 36 ethnic strife 36 battleground 36 stalemate 36 conflicts 36 Balkanized 36 Koreas technically 36 rivalries 36 differing visions 36 staunch backer 36 civil strife 36 separatist ethnic Albanians 36 nationalism 35 apolitical 35 staunchest supporter 35 nationalist fervor 35 predominantly Muslim 35 ethnic Tajiks 35 Turkic speaking Muslims 35 intractably 35 Disenchantment 35 seemingly irreconcilable 35 intractable conflicts 35 North Caucasus republics 35 deep rifts 35 staunch ally 35 heavily militarized 35 highly politicized 35 By Vince Masiello