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 ...

President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to ...

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman remains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as its crew assesses damage from a ...

President Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if ...

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

Alaska's cruise industry is preparing for a wave of new offerings in 2026 as six ships that have never been to Alaska before ...

ANDREW NATSIOS served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development during the George W. Bush ...

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

One of the U.S. Navy's eleven aircraft carriers collided with a Panama-flagged merchant ship Wednesday off the Egypt coast near the Suez Canal.

Royal Caribbean will debut a new San Diego homeport in October 2026 to give passengers more opportunities to experience the ...

The Panama Canal, a crucial artery for global trade, is at the centre of growing tensions between the United States and China. Donald Trump has claimed that Chinese companies exert undue influence ...