Panama, China

Why The Panama Canal Is At The Center Of A U.S.-China Power Struggle
The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at its ports.
Panama symbolises the Sino-American struggle for influence
Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did not need to resort to threats to combat Chinese influence in Panama, says Nehemías Jaén,
U.S. Warns Panama Over China's Influence on Canal Operations
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday that President Donald Trump views Chinas growing influence as a threat to the Panama Canal and demands immediate changes,
Mapping China’s influence around the Panama Canal
President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to take back the waterway to block what he sees as Beijing’s increasing influence.
Letters for Feb. 15: Trump right to negate China’s influence over the Panama Canal
Letter writers discuss Donald Trump’s promise to control the Panama Canal, DEI leveling the playing field and Trump’s response to the D.C. plane crash.
The Panama Canal has value to American business-but it has more value to China
President Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if necessary. The question is: What triggered Donald Trump's attack? In the likeliest scenario,
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US-Panama Relations and the Future of the Panama Canal
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 ...
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Geoeconomics in the Service of Geopolitics
President Donald Trump has placed geoeconomics in the service of geopolitics to advance U.S. interests in the Western ...
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How seizing the Panama Canal fits into Trump’s vision for Latin America
The Trump administration is framing the President’s vow to take back the Panama Canal as an economic investment, not “imperialistic expansion." ...
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Panama Canal BIGGEST Face-Off: Trump Declares Showdown Against Mulino, Vows ‘Very Powerful’ Action
US President Donald Trump issues a bold warning, claiming China has gained undue influence over the strategic waterway.
The Arctic: A new theatre of critical geopolitics
The geographical proximity of the US and Russia to the Arctic Ocean will generate a constant political tremor in the ...
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Would Trump really invade Panama to reclaim the canal by force?
“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 ...
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Republican U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution Affirming USA Creation and Protection of the Panama Canal
Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced a resolution recognizing the great American achievement of creating the Panama Canal, the ...
Panama’s careful course through the canal crisis sparked by Trump
Something very powerful is going to happen,” Trump warned from Washington, casting a shadow over Rubio’s diplomatic mission ...
Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown
The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...