While relations between Thailand and Cambodia appear to be easing, it seems timely to revisit the significance of these events for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). On 24 July 2025, armed clashes broke out between the two countries, the expression of tensions simmering since the beginning of the year and which escalated at the end of May. Stemming partly from a long-standing dispute over the demarcation of their shared border, the conflict caused the deaths of some forty peo...