Thailand is stuck in a US-China tug of war
Elliot Brennan
As many analysts have cautioned, Thailand has swung closer to China’s orbit since the junta took control in May 2014. This wasn’t Nostradamus-level foresight. The US was always going to have a tough time publicly maintaining relations with a military government, particularly with so much riding on Myanmar’s democratic transition next door (ie. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign).
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