Built and managed by the USA for several years and transferred back to Panama in 1999, the Panama Canal has recently hit the headlines. Why did the USA gain and relinquish the Panama Canal’s control?

CSIS Americas Program director Ryan C. Berg and Andrew Sanders make the case for increased U.S. engagement with Panama to mitigate strategic vulnerabilities presented by insecurity, irregular migration,

We found no evidence of the canal being under China's control, as claimed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

and for decades afterward in the U.S.-administered Panama Canal Zone, a stretch of land 5 miles on either side of the 50-mile canal governed as sovereign U.S. territory. “Gold dollars for the ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would not rule out using “military force” to make Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone US territories. “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two,” the incoming president told a reporter who inquired about the possibility of US military or economic coercion to acquire the disputed land.

Such proposals are legally impossible and operationally unnecessary. Examining the reality of this vital artery of global trade makes this very clear.

Over decades, a shift in US military strategy, larger carriers and the growth of commerce on the West Coast deemphasized US involvement.

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal may be posturing, but it could dampen the Panamanian government’s wish to broaden relations with the United States, analysts say.

President-elect Trump is right to support the Monroe Doctrine. But to keep Xi Jinping out of America's backyard, the next administration should get tough on China, not Panama.

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono ignited an internet frenzy during her fiery confrontation with defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth at his confirmation hearing Tuesday in which she hounded him on

Such proposals are legally impossible and operationally unnecessary. Examining the reality of this vital artery of global trade makes this very clear.