Fighting on the Cambodia-Thailand Border

In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Matthew Wheeler, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Southeast Asia, about the renewed clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border. They explore the origins of the long-running dispute and the triggers for the latest round of fighting, which has shattered a ceasefire reached in Malaysia in late July and displaced more than half a million people. They examine calculations in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, the rising nationalist sentiment in Thailand, and the fallout from a leaked phone call between then-Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia’s de facto leader Hun Sen in June. They also assess diplomacy to end the fighting, Malaysia’s mediation, and President Donald Trump’s role in brokering the July truce. As fighting continues despite Trump’s claim to have forged another ceasefire, they discuss why a quick de-escalation looks less likely this time around. For more, check out Matthew’s analyst’s notebook, “ Ceasefire Collapses as Heavy Fighting Erupts along Cambodia-Thailand Border ”, as well as our Cambodia and Thailand pages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Fighting on the Cambodia-Thailand Border is an episode from Hold Your Fire! by International Crisis Group.

This episode is 36:32 long.

This episode was published on Dec 13, 2025.

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