Despite this, regional politics limited the extent to which the rapprochement could develop.
There exists an unprecedented level of tactical convergence and shared interest between the Obama administration and Iran which suggests rapprochement.
Domestically, Mr. Erdogan has to deal with fiery nationalists and a dangerously disgruntled military, which oppose a rapprochement with Armenia.
Concerned to create a stable Europe, he made the cornerstone of his policy a strong Franco-Italian rapprochement, which eventually collapsed over the Ethiopian crisis in 1936.
The rapprochement, which included the release of political prisoners and allowing travel to the island, collapsed over Cuba's refusal to remove its troops from Angola and Ethiopia.
The Tripoli archives show that the rapprochement, which began with the restoration of diplomatic ties in 1999, gathered pace within weeks of the al-Qaida attacks of 9/11.
The apparent rapprochement, which the Americans worked hard to achieve, was a product in part of policy turnarounds on detention and on the deployment of Special Operations forces in a crucial province.
The cruelty of the punishments they impose on themselves and the delicacy of their rapprochement (which gathers momentum only to jerk back, as if yanked by an invisible choke-chain) form an ominous, fitful dance that only they can share.
We don't know what it will be, but Osborne being Osborne, there is bound to be something aimed squarely at his Labour rival (despite the weekend rapprochement, which briefly saw the chancellor minding his shadow's young son).
But she warned that the Tehran-Washington rapprochement, which has increased hopes for a breakthrough, would not bear fruit unless the US showed consistency in its words and actions.
