India and Pakistan Agree to Ceasefire India has established "new normal" in its response to terrorism emanating from Pakistan, by raising the costs for perpetrators of terrorist attacks and their backers.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/0....5/india-and-pakistan

The Great Salt Lake Is Drying. Can Utah Save It? Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how the loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough. Three years ago, when Utah’s Great Salt Lake was at its lowest […]
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AI Is Draining Water From Areas That Need It Most Via Bloomberg, an article on AI’s water footprint, particularly in areas already facing water scarcity: Each time you ask an AI chatbot to summarize a lengthy legal document or conjure up a cartoon squirrel wearing glasses, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. The data centers that […]
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What India’s River Moves mean for South Asian Water Cooperation Via Dialogue Earth, commentary on how India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty marks a turning point in transboundary water diplomacy with Pakistan – and could destabilise South Asian regional cooperation: On 23 April, India announced it would suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a landmark water-sharing agreement with Pakistan signed in 1960. The move marked a […]
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The CIA Is Making a New Push to Recruit Chinese Officials. Will It Work? Despite its bold recruitment pitch, the CIA is unlikely to make significant gains amid the intensification of the China-U.S. intelligence war.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/0....5/the-cia-is-making-