The collapse of the fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia has plunged one of Southeast Asia’s most volatile border disputes back into crisis, renewing scrutiny of whether Asean can contain the fast-escalating conflict between two of its own members.
The ceasefire – mediated in July by Asean chair and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and reinforced by a peace accord signed before US President Donald Trump in October – had been held up as evidence that the bloc could still broker…
