His timid reign served as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power

The decision to leave the EU has not solved the myriad complex challenges concerning the nature of Britain's future relationship with its European neighbours

Legislation to fund the American military and intelligence services will include requirements that Israeli defence firms be involved in sensitive projects and that classified information be shared

Last month's floods exposed gaps in coordination and governance. Addressing them now will determine whether the next rise in the river becomes a managed risk or another costly emergency.

A generation after the Soviets limped out of Central Asia, and only five years after the Americans followed suit, Russia is back in Kabul with a deal to train and equip the Taliban's fighters

The war exposed how divided Iran's right has always been and handed each faction a new weapon to wield against the other

Washington reportedly refused to show Israel a draft of the MOU when asked. Therefore, without its buy-in, Israel is not obliged to adhere to the deal.

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape

Although an MOU will be officially signed on 19 June, there are already significant differences a decade later, despite the US aim being largely similar. Could Trump open Iran like Nixon opened China?

Islamabad kept both sides talking even as missiles were being launched. That tenacity looks to have paid dividends in a way that could yet reshape the Middle East's power dynamics.