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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that the United States might reclaim the Panama Canal — potentially by force — unsettled Panamanians, who used to live with the presence of the U.S. military in the canal zone and were invaded by American forces once before.
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Annie Correal, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Crucially, a post-1945 unspoken agreement that the seizure of territory by force anywhere in the world was not the basis for sovereignty lasted until the early twenty-first century.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Xi, who came to power in 2013, told Biden in a November 2023 meeting that Beijing would unify with Taiwan, by force if necessary.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
An ally of President-elect Donald Trump has waded into the debate over the control of Greenland by suggesting the United States could take it by force.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Annie Correal, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Crucially, a post-1945 unspoken agreement that the seizure of territory by force anywhere in the world was not the basis for sovereignty lasted until the early twenty-first century.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Xi, who came to power in 2013, told Biden in a November 2023 meeting that Beijing would unify with Taiwan, by force if necessary.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
An ally of President-elect Donald Trump has waded into the debate over the control of Greenland by suggesting the United States could take it by force.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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