WHAT did they say about trust being like a vase, which, once broken, will never be the same again? So, do we leave it in tatters or try to fix it back to form?
This could well describe the state of play between Cambodia and Thailand sharing a border, which has long been an unruly frontier, where old maps, national pride and political survival intersect. The trust deficit between the two considerably outweighs the cultivated goodwill, leaving no illusion that whatever peace struck on the anvil of diplomacy will be ironclad.
