This issue starts off with Smuts House Notes, then looks at a symposium on South Africa’s Trade Relations with the purpose to highlight the economic interdependence
between the Republic and other countries. The Implications for the South African economy of Russia’s foreign trade policy
investigates the degree of competition between Russian and South African exports and the influence of Soviet foreign trade
policy on the South African economy. Cuba and Africa is an attempt to see what the world in general and Africa in particular looks like when viewed through Cuban eyes; and Great Power interests in the Indian Ocean covers different perceptions of the importance of the Indian Ocean for the world. It then looks at 3 book reviews.
