US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2011. The pair are close friends. Photo: AP
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2011. The pair are close friends. Photo: AP

What Myanmar stands to gain – and Thailand lose – from a President Clinton

As Bangkok cosies up to Beijing, Naypidaw is drawing away – giving the US an opportunity for a new strategic partnership in the region