Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

Gordon G. Chang discussed China's growing influence in the Caribbean region and the national security threat it could present ...

Back in 1903, the Republic of Panama (herein Panama) gave the United States (herein U.S.) possession of the Canal Zone, but not title, or sovereignty. It was a use, like a lease with a payment to ...

The Panama Canal is back in the headlines after President Donald Trump raised political and security concerns over the future of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The ...

In his 1994 book Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger wrote about the two dominant strains of American foreign policy: realism as ...

An NBC News review shows Trump signed more executive orders in 10 days than any of his recent predecessors did in their first ...

In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

Thanks to deregulatory, laissez faire maritime policy, the U.S. has abandoned the oceans, allowing China and foreign shipping ...

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

The president claims Chinese soldiers are working in the canal. That’s nonsense.

an increased level of U.S. involvement in the Panama Canal risks undermining decades of diplomacy, established international law, and US-Panama relations. But Washington cannot afford to overlook ...