Cambodia–Thailand Border Escalation Emerges as ASEAN’s Defining Near-Term Stress Test
The source argues that interstate conflict between Cambodia and Thailand now poses a more immediate challenge to ASEAN cohesion than Myanmar’s internal war, because it directly contradicts ASEAN’s founding purpose of preventing intramural conflict. It highlights 2025 border fighting, political destabilization in Thailand, and the internationalization of crisis management as key pressures on ASEAN credibility and autonomy.