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The article reports on East-West trade and the Free World's interest in Japan as part of a military defense strategy. There is concern about the deficit in Japan's sterling account and balance of payments in 1953. Opposition to Japanese trade with countries in the Communist Bloc is due to the West's trade sanctions and the possibility that economic or political cooperation with communist China could result in a security threat to the United States. Topics include the Japanese export program and American economic aid to Japan.

The article examines the United States' restrictive trade policy with Communist-dominated countries. The purpose of the American embargo policy is to stop all trade between East and West, but Western European countries are reluctant to join. The Western bloc are concerned with: traditional trading patterns that make countries dependent on trade with the East; trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe that could alleviate the dollar gap and allow raw materials to be imported from non-dollar areas; and East-West trade that can prevent "price softness" and heavy inventories as well as strengthen commodity prices. Topics include the 1949 Export Control Act, trade with China, and contraband activity.

The article discusses developments that are of importance to the business sector as of December 1962. The author says the Russians' withdrawal from the Cold War is an indication of their duplicity and weakness. He adds that the installation of missiles indicates Russians' lack of sufficient weapons. He acknowledges the support given by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies. Also discussed is the Communist Chinese assault against India and its impact on Communist aspirations.

The article discusses the developments of the Cold War in 1953. Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov backed an offer from China to settle the prisoner of war issue. The government under Russian Premier Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov implemented a price cut in consumer goods resulting in a reduction of eight percent in their cost of living, and promised a more lenient criminal code. The policy shift may be in response to the military strength of the Western Alliance.

The article discusses the latest developments in the international business and political arena as of February 8, 1964. It reports that the moves by nationalistic countries like France and Communist China to diffuse the cold war against the Western countries have reduced the risk of nuclear war. The resurgence of nationalistic attitude, meanwhile, resulted in anti-U.S. demonstration in Ghana and Cyprus. In the economic side, Great Britain decided to approve the 4,000 bus order from Cuba despite the objection by the U.S.

The article reports on the international relations between China and France which will affect the Cold War. It states that the foreign relations will enable France to build a world power position over the U.S. It is inferred that the alliance will improve the reputation of China's Mao Zedong over Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev in the development of world communism.

The article discusses the negotiation between the U.S. and Red China over the Formosa crisis. The U.S. needs to create a formula for maintaining peace on the offshore islands. Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung reiterated calls for talks with the U.S. and U.S. Ambassador to Poland Jacob D. Beam has been instructed to seek an early meeting with Chinese Ambassador Wang Ping Nan. An agreement is also proposed by which the Chinese Communists would suspend military operations against the islands.

Expresses opinion on how Professor Hans W. Gatzke presented events that have happened from World War II in the 1940s to the 1950s, in the book "The Present in Perspective." Objective of the book; Views on the second chapter which was about the cold war; Explanation for the fall of China; Opinion on how Gatzke manipulates national mood through the book.

The article comments on U.S. foreign policy and the peacekeeping initiatives led by President Richard Nixon in 1972. Key issues discussed include state visits by Nixon to the Soviet Union and China, U.S. diplomatic efforts during the Cold War and the issues' implications for international relations and world politics.