U.S. President Donald Trump may have scored big in his quest to position himself as a global peacemaker with the United Nations voting to back his peace plan in Gaza. But many of the other seven wars he says he’s resolved are now facing setbacks – including here along the Cambodia-Thailand border.

Peace talks have deteriorated after a land mine wounded four Thai soldiers and sparked a new wave of fighting in the ongoing border conflict, which stems from long-simmering territorial disputes between the neighboring kingdoms. Thailand and Cambodia signed a comprehensive ceasefire last month, in a ceremony attended by Mr. Trump.

The breakdown in this fragile peace the Trump administration helped forge – tied in part to U.S. trade deals – comes as Bangkok is turning closer to China, threatenin

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