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

Panama is in danger of becoming a case study of how an American hard-power win could become a soft-power loss. America did ...

"Talking directly to our adversaries from a position of strength" is a way Trump can ensure peace, according to a former ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by ...

The Trump administration needs to figure out the proper balance between coercion and diplomacy, and how it affects ...