Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka a lokacin shugabancin 1974-1977 na Gerald Ford an yi alama da Cold War. Gerald Ford ya ci gaba da manufofin Richard Nixon game da sasantawa da Tarayyar Soviet da China. Ya jagoranci matakan karshe na Yakin Vietnam, yana sanar a watan Afrilu 1975 cewa Amurka ta shiga cikin yakin ya ƙare. Bayan yakin, gwamnatinsa ta mayar da martani da karfi ga abubuwan da suka faru a Mayaguez
da kuma wani abin da ya faru da Koriya ta Arewa a Panmunjom. Bayan yakin Yom Kippur, gwamnatin Ford ta sauƙaƙe kammala yarjejeniyar wucin gadi ta Sinai tsakanin Isra'ila da Masar.