Read this line from The Dark Game.

An uneasy peace prevailed between the Russians and the other Allies, but each side was suspicious of the other

Best thing to do, reread whatever you are writing on, and highlight things that are scientific or anecdotal. then pick which ever is easiest for you

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.