Disputes over ethnic identity became intensified during since the 1970s, and gradually escalated to the point of mutual animosity, that attracted additional attention of foreign scholars, and international institutions. Mutual denialism, paricularlly between radicalized proponents of pan-Aramean and pan-Assyrian claims, thus came in odds with internationally endorsed principles, based on the notion that every ethnic community should be respected and allowed to choose its own self-designation. By the beginning of the 21st century, foreign scholars and institutions have shown an increasing tendency of taking neutral positions, that also affected terminology. Several attempts were made to create acceptable compound terms, by using various combinations of basic terms for Arameans, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Syriacs in general. Some of those solutions were applied in the US census ("Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac"), and in the Swedish census ("Assyrier/Syrianer").