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It was stagecraft and statecraft combined in a single moment, neatly pitched for the scenario the prime minister found himself in.

A quintessential act of foreign policy realism statecraft, the accords brought together Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan in a strategic Iran-containment alliance.

The proposed deal has also attracted criticism in the UK, with the opposition Conservative party calling it a "monumental failure of statecraft".

But Aemond is more experienced in statecraft and, importantly, consistent in his hatred for the comatose king.

Russian statecraft follows closely the principle of proportionality, which means for every tit, there must be a tat.