Japan, too, shares a commitment to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff with Iran.

The nuclear standoff has only emphasized the fact that the two nations are still technically at war.

Now that the nuclear standoff is over, the United States has found a new use for its warning systems.

Even worse, the scheme could shake the 40-year nuclear standoff.

China has repeatedly rejected the idea as an unnecessary escalation of the nuclear standoff.

The nuclear standoff produced a stalemate in the war system.

In 1998, there was a nuclear standoff between Pakistan and India.

He said again that "diplomacy must be the first choice" in ending the nuclear standoffs with both nations.

In the age of nuclear standoff, its credibility was unquestioned, and it won the cold war without ever firing a shot.

What does all this have to do with today's nuclear standoff?