Beijing’s efforts to expand its reach in the country have hit several obstacles, in part because of American pressure.

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal may be posturing, but it could dampen the Panamanian ...

President-elect Trump is right to support the Monroe Doctrine. But to keep Xi Jinping out of America's backyard, the next ...

The US is the biggest user of the Canal, but influence on its operations is dispersed among contracts with bidders ...

Panama is part of a bigger piece of real estate that Mr Trump has his eye on. He wants to influence territory and ...

The U.S. has long invested heavily in Latin America and the Carribean, but China is South America’s biggest trading partner and benefactor. As part of its Belt and Road initiative, it is increasingly ...

Recovering the Panama Canal, on the other hand, involves stepping into the hornet’s nest of Latin America’s nationalistic ...

CSIS Americas Program director Ryan C. Berg and Andrew Sanders make the case for increased U.S. engagement with Panama to ...

The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in ...

The president-elect is suddenly pushing to annex Greenland, reclaim the Panama Canal and absorb Canada, provoking longtime ...

President-elect Trump’s recent pronouncements on the Panama Canal—and China’s role in the canal’s operations—have brought a renewed focus on the “path between the seas.” Before exploring what might ...

In pushing for Greenland and the Panama Canal, Donald Trump is restoring the Monroe Doctrine and the foreign policy vision of ...