What Peace? Trump’s Peacemaker Theatre for Thailand and Cambodia?
Donald Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize. Again. This time, he’s not just claiming credit for Gaza’s ceasefire or Venezuela’s de-escalation—he’s demanding a photo-op peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur. But beneath the choreography and theatrics lies a terrain of unresolved violence, symbolic overreach, and institutional fragility. Gaza: Peace by Proxy or Power Play? Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan promises hostages returned, Hamas disarmed, and Gaza rebuilt under a technocratic committee chaired by Trump himself. Arab states, the EU, and even China have endorsed it. But Hamas wasn’t at the table. Palestinian voices were sidelined. Israel continues air raids. Bibi is on the run from ICC. And the plan’s architecture—led by a “Board of Peace” outside UN frameworks— lacks authority. But after 2 years and 65-250,000 deaths, once the rubble is cleared, a Trump deal is better than none. Venezuela: Surveillance, Not Settlement In the Caribbean, ...