Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 rifts 50 internal rifts 48 schisms 46 wounds 45 antagonisms 45 transatlantic alliance 44 heal rifts 44 rift 44 deepening rift 43 fissures 43 animosities 43 sectarian divisions 41 schism 41 festering wound 41 frictions 41 wounds inflicted 41 unilateralism 41 widening rift 40 sectarian divides 40 unhealed 40 tensions 40 mutual distrust 40 mend ties 40 traumas 40 festering wounds 40 mutual recriminations 39 enmities 39 sectarian strife 39 security adviser Mouwafak 39 mutual mistrust 39 hatreds 38 structural imbalances 38 mend 38 bruising 38 deep rifts 38 Kupchan 38 cowboy diplomacy 38 fence mending 38 unilateralist 38 sectarian tensions 38 diplomacy 38 eventual reunification 38 estrangement 38 heal 38 scars 37 festering sore 37 nationalisms 37 anti Americanism 37 allies 37 Blinken 37 partisan divide 37 festering 37 multilateralism 37 wartime aggression 37 fractured 37 internecine fighting 37 psychological scars 37 territorial dispute 36 factionalism 36 infighting 36 discord 36 partisan divides 36 internal strife 36 frayed 36 Sino US ties 36 resentments 36 territorial disputes 36 Middle East peacemaking 36 separatist Georgian 36 emotional scars 36 counseled patience 36 deeply divided 35 internal squabbles 35 staunchest ally 35 doctrinal differences 35 war 35 ecumenical dialogue 35 mistrust 35 broken fibula 35 hostilities 35 faultlines 35 hasty withdrawal 35 disagreements 35 overthrew Saddam Hussein 35 Iraq 35 pinched nerves 35 majority Shi'ites 35 torn abdominal muscle 35 Ba'athist regime 35 heal wounds 35 diplomatic spat 35 mainline Protestant denominations 35 divergences 35 multilateral diplomacy 35 gaping wounds 35 torn knee ligaments 34 civil strife 34 humiliating defeat 34 sectarian bloodshed 34 tripartite alliance 34 ethnic tensions