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Watching the Dust Settle on the Panama Canal Issue

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Watching the Dust Settle on the Panama Canal Issue
An aerial view shows containers at the Balboa Port, operated by Panama Ports Company, at the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, on Feb. 1, 2025. Enea Lebrun/Reuters
Gregory Copley
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When the dust had begun to settle by mid-February, how much had really changed over the question of strategic control of the Panama Canal since the new Trump administration took office?

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”