‘THAILAND and Cambodia have’, according to BBC News, ‘reached a ceasefire after a week of fighting along a disputed border .... Both countries said the truce was struck following talks between the two militaries.’ The border between the two countries has been contested for years, and ‘nationalist sentiment’ has continued to give rise to intermittent violence. In the past, elections have enkindled the ongoing, if sometimes dormant, dispute, and the latest skirmish comes with elections looming in Thailand.