Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes
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par Dylan Spencer, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Georgia Southern University
Gohar Petrossian, Professor of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Stephen Pires, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Florida International University
In late February 2026, the Panamanian government took control of two ports in the Panama Canal that had been operated by a Hong Kong conglomerate for two decades. The move is the latest in a long-simmering legal battle after Panama’s high court voided the company’s contracts.
Far from just a local dispute, however, the episode has drawn in the United States and China, whose competition over global ports and trade routes has intensified in recent years, including in the…
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mercredi 4 mars 2026
