Why restraint matters in managing public perceptions

WHEN Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Islamabad with their delegations this weekend, the country was already carrying the weight of expectation. Billboards in the capital city, television coverage and social media messaging seemed to present “Islamabad Talks” as a decisive moment. These optics made the masses believe that the process was near closure, not commencement. By Sunday morning, that framing had run ahead of events. US Vice President JD ...

By [email protected] (Baqir Sajjad Syed)