News - Thailand–Cambodia Ceasefire Breaks Down, U.S. Escalates Military Presence Around Venezuela, Gaza Ceasefire Framework Stalls w/ Nathaniel Powell

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our content! Danny and Derek are vigorously programmed to bring you the news headlines. This week: the Thai-Cambodia ceasefire breaks down as border fire and incidents escalate (0:30); in Gaza, Trump’s framework stalls while governments debate the shape and purpose of an international security force (4:27); Syria’s President Ahmed al-Shara visits the White House (13:49); Iraq’s elections conclude with Prime Minister Sudani claiming victory despite an uncertain coalition (17:37); suicide attacks in Pakistan raise tensions with Afghanistan (20:11) while a constitutional amendment increases military rule (23:00); in Sudan, new reports suggest the RSF is burning bodies and digging mass graves to obscure its actions in al-Fashir (25:30); Russia advances in Ukraine with movement around Kupyansk, Pokrovsk, and Zaporizhia (28:02); Nathaniel Powell returns to the show, this time to delve into the unrest continuing in Cameroon after Paul Biya’s contested reelection (29:56); and the U.S. moves the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier into the Caribbean as international criticism grows over strikes on alleged “drug boats” (50:42). Don’t forget to join our Discord. Subscribers get access to all channels!

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:02.7	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com.
0:08.3	Find the link in our show notes.
0:13.0	That's kind of conversation to your soul.
0:18.7	That's conversation.
0:22.6	To your soul. And. I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade Derek Davison, and we are excited to bring you the news. Derek, let's jump right in and let's start with the Thai-Cambodia ceasefire, which is breaking down.
0:48.1	The Donald Trump Thai-Cambodia ceasefire was in his Nobel for your consideration packet. Yes, the situation here
0:58.9	seems to be trending in the wrong direction from the perspective of trying to keep the peace,
1:04.5	I guess. Trump, of course, attended last month's Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit to sign,
1:14.5	mostly, I think, to participate in a signing ceremony to enshrine the peace deal, the ceasefire deal
1:22.1	between Thailand and Cambodia, ending the brief border conflict that those two countries had earlier
1:27.3	this year and expanding it to include a lot of details or a lot of, you know, things to sort of calm tensions at the border.
1:36.3	The Thai government announced earlier this week that it was suspending that ceasefire, the one that it signed last month.
1:42.3	In particular, implementation details like the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the border,
1:49.0	the operations to demine the border, which had been resumed between the Thai and Cambodian militaries,
1:57.0	those things it put on hold.
1:59.8	Thailand is also holding 18 Cambodian soldiers who were detained back in July when the conflict was at its height,
2:08.6	and have still not been released, they were supposed to be released under the ceasefire agreement.
2:13.6	That's on hold as well.
2:15.6	It announced all of these things after another landmine incident at the border,
2:21.3	which is how a lot of this got started back in July in the first place,
2:25.3	left two Thai soldiers wounded. I think one of them lost a limb in the blast.
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