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US involvement in Thai-Cambodian border conflict unlikely to produce peace
The playing field between Thailand and Cambodia is not equal.
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Neither Thailand nor Cambodia appears to want a drawn-out war, but nationalist undertones to the conflict have hardened positions on both sides.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Bryanna Entwistle
Despite being hailed a “peace deal” by US President Donald Trump, the agreement signed at the October ASEAN Summit to end fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border showed cracks just days after the ink dried.
Thailand suspended the ceasefire in early November after four soldiers were injured by landmines they alleged were newly laid by Cambodia, and the agreement collapsed on Dec 8 when F-16s from Thailand bombed several targets along the border.
