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.

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Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every...

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every...

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with...

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with...

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of...

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of...

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret...

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret...

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small...

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small...

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the...

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the...

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed...

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed...

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new...

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new...

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than...

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than...

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not...

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not...

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and...

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and...

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving...

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving...

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by...

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by...

During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced,...

During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced,...

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad....

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad....

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments...

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments...

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or...

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or...

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the...

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the...