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Explains the inhibition to war of nations in the Cold War era. Assertion that the presence of nuclear weapons has contributed to the maintenance of peace; Explanation of the principle stating that the possession of absolute weapons limit conflicts; Analogy of the power play between countries in conflict and fighting between male rattlesnakes; Reasons behind the inhibition of a great power to use force against another power or a weak state; Contention that inhibition to war depends on popular opinion; Events that might end the Cold War.

The article presents news briefs and commentary concerning international and U.S. politics as of the week of September 18, 1961. The tense foreign relations between the Soviet Union and the United States are discussed, highlighting the issues of weapons testing and preemptive actions out of fear. Efforts of peace talks hoping to end the Algerian colonial war from France are explored. The appointment of George D. Woods to the U.S. government position of Foreign Aid Director is announced.

There has been a cold war of varying intensity between Russia and the Middle West, ever since the Bolshevik Revolution; there has been, on both sides, suspicion and hostility so deep as to give a quite special character to relations between them. This cold war has been through several phases,, but it was never ended since it began--and is not likely to end for a long time to come. It is also unlikely, for reasons, in a moment, to be mere dangerous to peace in the fixture than in the past. Like the faithful everywhere, the Russian Communists, though powerfully affected by their faith, take some parts of it more seriously than others. What they take seriously depends on vast experience and present necessities.

Industrial fallout shelters are important not only for their value in discouraging any would-be aggressor, but also for survival in case our nation is attacked. According to informed sources, a sound shelter program carried out by industry and local government could save up to 70,000,000 lives in case of a heavy thermonuclear attack (depending, of course, on the areas bombed, weather conditions, etc.). Business leaders will find here the data they need to: (1) understand the nature of the fallout threat; (2) direct construction of a sound, economical shelter; (3) plan for the management problems of running an occupied shelter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During World War II and in the ensuing and apparently endless period of the cold war, it has become fashionable to put trust in a variety of prophylactic measures designed to identify potential criminals before they can commit their intended crimes, and to frustrate them in their supposed intentions. To meet the "legitimate need" of government to protect itself, the governmental agencies have compiled dossiers on the political beliefs. If it is efficient for any one compiler to maintain a permanent dossier on each subject, so that he need not start from scratch each time interest in the subject is renewed.

Assesses the role of the United Nations in ironing out the international tension. Argument against the international status of the United Nations; Composition and function of the United Nations; International threat of dissolving the United Nations; Role of the United Nations in ironing out the antagonism between the Russian empire and the free world; Political significance of the United Nations.

This article presents the author's views on steps for attaining world peace in the face of the Cold War. He suggests for the four points. Encourage a more searching public discussion of the implications of a third world war, so that all people, realizing its shocking moral as well as physical consequences, will be more resourceful in finding means to establish world order. Recognize that total disarmament by all nations in all arms is the crux. During the interim period of discussion and negotiation armed strength should be maintained, but a constant effort made to create a better atmosphere.

The article presents some socio-political updates. It asserts that temperature of cold war has again risen in Berlin. Once again the four-power negotiations for an Austrian treaty are at a standstill and an appeal to the Russian government by the American, British, and French Ambassadors to end the deadlock appears to have been fruitless. Another cause of heightened tension between the U.S. and the Soviet bloc is the Bulgarian demand for recall of the American Minister in Sofia on the ground that he procured information from the executed traitor and former Deputy Premier of Bulgaria. The article also highlights the political dilemma faced by Great Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill as his British Labor Party faces voters in February 1950 elections in Great Britain.

There has been a growing amount of talk and argument about East-West trade. It has been a subject of dissension in Congress, in the policy-making councils of the political parties, and in Anglo-American relations. As yet, no one has taken the lead in working out a sound "middle way." Is a satisfactory quid pro quo possible? Can we find a policy that will give the West the benefits of East-West trade without increasing the relative military strength of the Communist bloc? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During 1953 it has become evident that the foreign economic policies of both the United States and the USSR are on the verge of great and far-reaching changes. Events are forcing the statesmen's hands. And the crucial question for us is whether we can seize the initiative and shape coming events to our advantage, or whether the Soviets will take the lead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the frantic race of space between the Soviet Union and the U.S. amidst the persisting cold war between the two power blocs. The race since the launch of Sputnik has been mostly concerned with technical questions: how soon, how big, how successful. But now they are possessed with a technology which permits them to make practical use of satellites for communications. The U.S. are committed by both the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations to emphasizing these peaceful uses of outer space as their counter to the Russians in the cold-war race for prestige from space.

Opposes a foreign policy analysis prescribed by U.S. Department of State Secretary John Foster Dulles that there is a single communist movement that embraced countries collectively under the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union in 1961. Claim that the Soviet Union is an expanding autocratic empire rather than a Marxist state; Suggestion that the international communist movement was breaking up into national communism; Balance of power between the Russian and Chinese communist camps.

The article looks at challenges to U.S. foreign policy. According to the author, the largest problem for the U.S. in the coming decade will involve its relations with the African-Asian bloc. The article discusses the Hungarian revolution, the Suez canal crisis, communist countries, and the Cold War.

The article focuses on the issue of aircraft expansion demands in the U.S. since the beginning of Cold War. According to the U.S. Air Force, it demanded construction of 95 aircraft units in winter of 1951 and sought 140 more in the middle of 1953. U.S. Defense Secretary Charles Wilson was concerned that immediate aircraft production expansions would unleash overall inflation in terms of raw materials and funding used in making aircraft.

Focuses on the possibility of the end of cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union after the lift of the Berlin blockade and approval of West Germany's constitution. Criticism of the belief of U.S. General Lucius Clay that the opposition of the West to the East was a crusade of good against evil, and dedicated to the mission of preparing for an in evitable war; Progress toward the development of a policy of political appeasement in Germany after the election of Harry S. Truman as President; Information on the early stages of the bilateral Soviet American talks; Expectations from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in solving the German problem; Apprehension of the British and French people that the much desired end of American isolation may lead to the beginning of a Soviet-American condominium over Europe.

The author discusses the international economic outlook for 1962. According to the author, assuming that the Cold War will not degenerate into an actual conflict in 1962, an increase in international trade can be expected and will gain momentum before the end of the year. The author adds that the growth in the European Common Market has entered a period of consolidation.

Focuses on the required changes in the U.S. policy after the Soviet Union has developed the atom bomb. Discussion on whether the Atlantic Pact would be able to deter the Soviet Union from waging a war against the European countries; Assumption on the response of the U.S. to these developments; Deliberation on developing an effective method of international control of atomic energy; Discussion on the U.S. refusal of a reduction in its armaments; View that the U.S. should be prepared to neutralize Western Europe in the cold war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; Deliberation on the type of atomic-energy control that may be acceptable to the Soviet Union.

This article highlights the success of Finland President Urho Kekkonen to keep a good relations with its neighbor the Soviet Union while maintaining a pro-Western stand. Kekkonen is friends with both the Communist bloc and the Western allies. It notes Kekkonen's success in persuading Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev to rent Soviet territory for a Finish canal project, block demands for Soviet military talks withe Finland and convincing Western leaders to continue to accept Finland's neutrality in the Cold War.

The article discusses the involvement of the U.S. and Russia in cold war maneuvering. Some rules on maneuvering include the big power's dependence on the cold war for its progress and the prevalence of economic need over political inclinations among the uncommitted. The U.S. was able to surpass objectives that have been set for its foreign policies, while the Soviet Union seems not to have met its expectations. After diplomatic abortions, U.S. policymaking is taking a turn for the better.

Discusses the foreign policy of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson as of 1966. Relations of the U.S. with Egypt; Policy of the administration of Johnson toward granting foreign aids during the Cold War.

Comments on the policy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the Cold War. Lack of unity within the USSR; Reasons for the USSR's fear of invading Western countries; Discussion on the solution to ending the Cold War.

Knowing each person's deep concern for peace, the author of this article attempts to strike a current balance sheet in the cold war. He also stresses our need for a new declaration of moral purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article looks at U.S. foreign policy. The article discusses U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, the Suez canal crisis in Egypt, the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and the possibility of the U.S. having diplomatic relations with the Communist country of China.

The article focuses on the conflict between East Germany and West Germany, and discusses differences in opinion of the U.S. and Soviet Union on the issue. It states that the issue has resulted in Cold War conditions in the Europe. It reports that Soviet prime minister Joseph Stalin has proposed unity of East & West Germany and wants Germany ot join communist bloc, while the U.S. secretary of state Dean Acheson wants the West Germany to join the North Atlamntic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Provides a socialist view of the Cold War. Nominal rather than substantial dissolution of Comintern; Russian Communist Party's leading role in shaping the pattern of policy being adopted by Communist Parties all over the world; Communist Party's decision to renounce the hope of sharing in power by collaboration; U.S. government's responsibility in the rebirth of Comintern.

Focuses on various political developments in the world, with emphasis on the political condition of the U.S. Comments made by economist Sumner Slichter on the positive effect of the Cold War on the U.S. economy; Discussion on the fairness of Vinson House Committee on the U.S. Naval affairs; Controversy related to the trial of Pamell Thomas, ex-House Un-American Activities Committee chairman indicted in the charge of padding office payrolls through kickbacks from government employees; Guerrilla warfare mobilized by the Soviet Union around Yugoslavia's Prime minister Josip Broz Tito; Ban against Canadian professor Glen Shortliffe to teach at Washington University lifted by the Justice Department in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Focuses on the new Soviet policy of direct intervention in Germany and in Western Europe. Consolidation of the situation in favor the Soviet Union both in China and East European countries; Discussion on the reasons behind the new Soviet policy; Importance of West European countries in the cold war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; View that the close relationship between Great Britain and the U.S. has raised a sense of threat in other European countries; U.S. policy of considering Western Europe as a factor in its policy of containment of the Soviet Union; Assumption on the response of Great Britain and the U.S. to the new Soviet policy.

The article focuses on the book "The State of Europe," by Howard K. Smith. In the book Smith, whose broadcasts from Europe stand out among other examples of news analysis on the air, has written an earnest, provocative, and informative study of Europe from the end of the war till April 1949. Smith has reached certain basic conclusions. One is that Eastern and Western Europe have reversed their trends as a consequence of the war. Now Western Europe has fallen on a period of social contraction and Eastern Europe on one of social expansion. Smith believes the forces of this change to be profounder than current politics or the cold war.

The author describes the details of the Russian program enforced by the Narodny komissariat vnutrennikh del (NKVD) for the political and economic defeat of the U.S. in the cold war. Strict orders by the NKVD barred Soviet-embassy people from contact with Mexicans. There are three categories of the Russian communists who infest the U.S. including professionals who are good for espionage, individuals who embraces dupes, the idealistic communists who believe the Moscow propaganda and the fellow travelers.

Opposes the use of outer space exploration to divert the attention of the U.S. from the serious task of national armament to deal with Soviet communism. Philosophical basis of the recommendation; Reference to Peter Ritner's book on orbital flights and encounter with extraterrestrial beings; Suggestion that space exploration could drain economic resources and prevent the development of armaments.

Encourages U.S. President John F. Kennedy to confine the summit meeting with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Krushchev to collateral issues that can be settled or adjusted without touching the basic question on aggression against any peaceably-disposed nation. Importance of setting purpose in any talks; Views that Kennedy can bind his successor to any pledge of non-aggression.

Argues against a U.S. foreign policy that would compete with the Soviet Union in the area of military and intellectual superiority. Approach used by the Soviet Union to the development of engineers for its military ambition; Plan that would encourage the youth to provide national service in exchange for their college education; Response of conservatives to the plan.

Presents comments of the author on the cold war. Philosophical implications of the war; Comparison of the war with bad weather; Description of the nature of the war.

Focuses on the cold war in the U.S. Effect of the war on prestige of the nation; Cost of the cold war; Conclusions drawn by the military men regarding the cold war.

The article reports on the speech made by Minnesota Congressman Walter H. Judd before the 1960 Republican Convention. Judd cites the Cold War as a fight against human slavery by governments. He mentions the U.S.' failures under the Democratic administrations of Roosevelt and Truman. It notes on the success of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration, particularly in foreign affairs and the economy.

Examines the efforts of Russia to wage a cold war with the Western world. Commitment of communist parties in Burma, Philippines and Indonesia to wage civil war against their free government; Strategy of Russia to create a conflict between Europe and U.S.; Motive of the shift of the Soviet government from cold war to cold peace.

The author comments on defending Asia during the Cold War. Several U.S. citizens have exposed themselves to far greater risks to defend Russia. The withdrawal of the U.S. interest in defending Europe may be attributed to the dispute of the U.S. over China. To prevent the conquering of Western Europe by Russia, a voluntary surrender by Western Europe to a series of supposedly domestic communist regimes may be done.

Comments on the insurgencies between anti-Communists and Communists backed by the U.S. and Soviet Union respectively, in various countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia that can result in the state of world conflict. View that the present conflict is the result of a state of Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; Indications regarding the intentions of the Communists from the current crises; Analysis of the success of the Communists in various areas of war.