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The article presents news briefs and commentary on international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of July 3, 1961. Negotiations and relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over government in divided Germany are analyzed. The personnel profile of the members of the Central Intelligence Agency is discussed. Evidences pointing towards a possible famine in China are presented.

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.

Presents information on the Chinese revolution and discusses its impact on the U.S. Statement that it signals the opening of a new phase in the Cold War, aimed not at the destruction of the U.S. but at its isolation; Details of the history of Chinese revolution; Role played by China in the first Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Conference in Cairo; Peking's interest in the underprivileged masses of the rest of the world; Significance of the flow of political delegation from underdeveloped world to China; Call for persistent struggles against the U.S. imperialism by the press and Chinese political leaders.

The article deals with the concept of cold peace and cold war in Europe in 1952. Cold war is defined as a hostility, which is not enough to stir a World War III, while cold peace is cited as a sustained truce that involves no settlement. Soviet politician Vyacheslav Molotov accused the U.S. government of making preparations for launching a new world war and creating plots against their English and French partners. Also noted is a sense of cold war that emerged at the Asian and Pacific Peace Conference held by Communists in Peking, China.

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 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.

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.