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National Security or Special Interests? US Support for the Panama Canal Expansion Programme

National Security or Special Interests? US Support for the Panama Canal Expansion Programme Of all the countries whose trade relies on the Panama Canal, it is the United States which took the deepest interest in its expansion. Washington gave an enthusiastic reception to the approval, in 2006, of a US$5.25 billion programme for enlarging the waterway. US endorsement primarily stemmed from a desire to promote international trade, a traditional foreign policy goal and an objective of influential domestic and transnational interest groups. Secondary aims included facilitating US investment and fostering stability in Panama. But the megaproject's hasty approval and incomplete nature may have unintended consequences that could affect conditions in Panama and US relations with that republic. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Global Society Taylor & Francis

National Security or Special Interests? US Support for the Panama Canal Expansion Programme

Mann, Carlos Guevara
Global Society , Volume 25 (2): 24 – Apr 1, 2011
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Taylor & Francis
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1469-798X
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1360-0826
DOI
10.1080/13600826.2011.553529
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Abstract

Of all the countries whose trade relies on the Panama Canal, it is the United States which took the deepest interest in its expansion. Washington gave an enthusiastic reception to the approval, in 2006, of a US$5.25 billion programme for enlarging the waterway. US endorsement primarily stemmed from a desire to promote international trade, a traditional foreign policy goal and an objective of influential domestic and transnational interest groups. Secondary aims included facilitating US investment and fostering stability in Panama. But the megaproject's hasty approval and incomplete nature may have unintended consequences that could affect conditions in Panama and US relations with that republic.

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Global Society – Taylor & Francis

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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