Thailand’s tilt toward China tests treaty alliance with US (Defense News)

On paper, the U.S. security alliance with Thailand is one of the strongest in Asia, dating back seven decades and backed up by military exercises each year with thousands of troops from both countries and many others. Thailand’s drift toward China over the past decade, though, is turning the alliance into more of a paper tiger, some analysts say, with military and strategic consequences for the United States across the region.

Thailand’s tilt toward China tests treaty alliance with US