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John Boyd Orr

As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies.

John Boyd Orr

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John Boyd Orr is saying that inventions like the airplane and wireless communication have changed how countries interact with each other around the world. Because of these changes, governments need to change their strategies for dealing with other nations.

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