I have closely followed the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Summit that ended in July in Tokyo. The 2025 photograph of Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, shaking Donald Trump’s hand during a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia seemed like a gesture of détente. However, renewed fighting months later and Washington’s erratic diplomacy have allowed Beijing to assume a key mediator role in that conflict, and that dynamic encapsul…
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I have closely followed the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Summit that ended in July in Tokyo. The 2025 photograph of Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, shaking Donald Trump’s hand during a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia seemed like a gesture of détente. However, renewed fighting months later and Washington’s erratic diplomacy have allowed Beijing to assume a key mediator role in that conflict, and that dynamic encapsul…