Daily Brief: Some Good News To Start The Week

A cultural analysis of three (almost) peace deals, strategic restraint, historical fatigue, and negotiated face-saving

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📬 In This Email:

🇮🇳🇵🇰 India and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire after Operation Sindoor
→ Restraint and rivalry: honor, trauma, and pragmatism in South Asia

🕊️ PKK ends armed struggle with Turkey
→ Identity meets fatigue: the cultural calculus of insurgent withdrawal

🚢 US and Houthi rebels broker ceasefire
→ Saving face…