Kuala Lampur, Dec. 13 -- The ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand announced by President Donald Trump has once again produced a fragile calm along one of Southeast Asia's most combustible borders.

Airstrikes have stopped. Troops have pulled back. Markets and border communities have exhaled, if only briefly.

Yet this peace remains distinctly roll on and roll off - activated under pressure, suspended by suspicion, and repeatedly vulnerable to disruption.

President Trump's role has been central. His approach is direct, unapologetic, and grounded in leverage. He made it clear that continued fighting would not be cost-free.

Even Thailand, one of America's oldest treaty allies in Asia, was reminded that trade access, tariffs, and economi...