Tensions between the United States and China have unexpectedly centered on two ports at the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most strategic waterways. What started as a business deal has grown into a high-stakes conflict that involves billionaires,

The United States will not secure its critical mineral future through traditional mining and processing alone,” argues a new report—Leapfrogging China’s Critical Minerals Dominance: How Innovation Can Secure U.

China opens new runway in Micronesia's Yap islands, raising serious U.S. defense concerns in this strategically vital Pacific region amid growing tensions.

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday rejected China's threat to make the Central American country pay a "heavy price" after a Hong Kong company was evicted from two ports on the Panama Canal.

At the same time it is pursuing a greater trading relationship with China, Starmer's government has been retreating on Chinese national security challenges.