CHINA'S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE PANAMA CANAL
A Geopolitical Assessment of the United States’ Legitimate Security Interests and Sovereign Rights in Exercising the Neutrality Treaty to Reassert Authority over the Panama Canal. Read article

CHINESE MILITARY ON RISE IN LATIN AMERICA
As China makes major investments in Latin America to acquire strategic materials, it is extending its military capability into the backyard of the United States. Read more

PANAMA'S NEW PRESIDENT CARRIES HOPES OF YOUNG VOTERS
Exclusive Interview with Panama's Ambassador with Thomas Cromwell
Panama's new president, Martin Torrijos, "was elected by a large group of young voters," says ambassador to Washington Roberto Alfaro Estripeaut. Read more

CHINA’S LATIN AMERICAN MOVES: A LEGITIMATE CONCERN?
A Brief Assessment by Dr. H.P. Laughlin
Riordan Roett, director of the Western Hemisphere Program at Johns Hopkins University, recently said that China’s growing influence in the control of the Panama Canal was not really a "legitimate concern."
"I think that, given globalization and internationalization of world trade and commerce, the Chinese are playing a very important role in the region," he stated. Read article