Pakistan, April 9 -- 'Politics is the art of possible, the attainable - the art of the next best', said the Iron Chancellor Otto Von Bismark renowned for his masterful and often manipulative diplomacy. A past master of Realpolitik," he argued that politics is not about what should be done, but what can be achieved given the circumstances. In the words of Henry Kissinger, 'Realpolitik for Bismarck depended on flexibility and on the ability to exploit every available option without the constraint of ideology'. We may have seen the application of the Bismarckian model of diplomacy by the duo from Pakistan on the world stage to achieve the next best thing to peace - a chance at it through a tangible ceasefire between the USA and the Islamic R...