A regional bloc proposes shared visa rules
A closer look at a story that's been building for weeks, and what the next move likely is.
A small group of practitioners has been arguing for this approach for years. They are doing their best not to look smug.
Practical effects are already visible on the ground, and they tend to outrun the official analysis by a comfortable margin.
The decision-makers involved insist nothing is settled, which is exactly what decision-makers say when something is starting to settle.
Whatever happens next, the baseline has moved. The old assumptions no longer describe the room they were built to describe.
What makes this moment unusual is not the size of the move but its shape. The curve bends in a way that resists easy analogies.
Skeptics point to the long history of premature declarations. Their caution is earned, and worth keeping close at hand.
