The most important development in this border crisis is not a single clash. ••• See comments Edit post Thursday, December 11, 2025

The most important development in this border crisis is not a single clash.

It is the decision by the Thai government to suspend negotiations altogether.

When a conflict still has a functioning dialogue channel, there is always space for de-escalation.

When that channel is closed, the situation changes.

It signals to the international community that force is being prioritised over diplomacy, even though both countries signed the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords only weeks ago.

Across the region, the message from ASEAN partners, the United States and China is consistent: return to talks and prevent escalation.

When multiple powers align this clearly, any government that refuses engagement finds itself under greater scrutiny.

Inside Thailand, this concern is being raised openly by Thai politicians themselves. Senior opposition figures have warned that the current approach risks making Thailand appear not as a state acting in self-defence, but as a state drifting into coercive strategy. Even Thai military leaders have noted that no border dispute here has ever been resolved without negotiation.

Meanwhile, the humanitarian impact is already visible. Families on both sides have been displaced, border communities are unsettled, and the risk of miscalculation grows every day that communication remains suspended.

Along a frontier where people have lived side by side for generations, stability does not come from pushing harder. It comes from restoring the channels that prevent one clash from leading to the next.

Dialogue is not a concession.

It is the foundation of peace, the guarantee of safety for civilians, and the only path toward a stable resolution that the region is urging both sides to uphold.

Midnight

 

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Senior opposition figures have warned that the current approach risks making Thailand appear not as a state acting in self-defence, but as a state drifting into coercive strategy. Even Thai military leaders have noted that no border dispute here has ever been resolved without negotiation.</div></div><div class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Meanwhile, the humanitarian impact is already visible. Families on both sides have been displaced, border communities are unsettled, and the risk of miscalculation grows every day that communication remains suspended.</div></div><div class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Along a frontier where people have lived side by side for generations, stability does not come from pushing harder. It comes from restoring the channels that prevent one clash from leading to the next.</div></div><div class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Dialogue is not a concession.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It is the foundation of peace, the guarantee of safety for civilians, and the only path toward a stable resolution that the region is urging both sides to uphold.</div></div><div class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Midnight</div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p> ARE NOT

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