Geopolitics
Colonial Cartography's Deadly Legacy: How Western-Drawn Borders Continue to Bleed Southeast Asia
Cambodia and Thailand engaged in deadly border clashes in 2025, escalating from nationalist tensions to artillery exchanges and airstrikes that displaced civilians and killed soldiers. This tragic conflict exposes how colonial-era cartography continues to poison regional relations and reveals ASEAN's failure as a peacekeeping mechanism, demonstrating how Western-imposed borders continue to bleed the Global South.
