The Panama Canal crisis isn’t over yet, and it may be only the first stage of a wider conflict about whether the U.S. can contain China’s control of the world’s commercial maritime logistics network.

Panama - January 26, 2025 Twenty-five years after its return to Panama, the Panama Canal, an artificial waterway connecting ...

Trump’s threat occurs as Panama became an elected member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term in ...

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 ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

The ship's recent departure from the Red Sea has left Middle Eastern waters without a US aircraft carrier for the third time ...

The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...

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

Jon Hansen chats with former WGN agri-business broadcaster Max Armstrong about the latest news on farmers. Max takes a deep dive into farm income, crop production, and the importance of the Panama ...

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

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