A few developments worth mentioning at the outset:

1) Biden administration has handed over the US diplomacy back to state dept. Even the CIA director is a hard-nosed state dept veteran.
2) State Dept has made more strategic investments in Pakistan and its military establishment.
3) impending US military pull out from Afghanistan

It is no strange coincidence that the cease fire deal between India and Pakistan is in the US interest to ease Pakistan from two front and use them more in Af-Pak belt. If India has agreed it’s not because we have increased our clout in Washington rather the loss of it.

Tail piece: The author seems to have come back after a few days so do read this pixstory: https://www.pixstory.com/story/strong-words-on-india-from-chair-of-us-senate-foreign-relations-committee1616074455/27732