Editing Richard N. Gardner (section)

==Academic and Intellectual Contributions==
At Columbia, Gardner was the Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, co-directing the [[Center on Global Governance]] with Michael Doyle from 2003. His seminar attracted top students, many of whom—such as [[Antony Blinken]], Reynold Levy, and Gardner’s children, Nina and Anthony—entered prominent roles in government and law. He maintained notecards on students’ career goals, recommending them for influential posts, building what the Chronicle of Higher Education called a “global network of lawyers, diplomats, business leaders, and policymakers.”
===Gardner authored numerous works, including===
Sterling-Dollar Diplomacy (1956)

In Pursuit of World Order (1964)

Blueprint for Peace (1966)

The Global Partnership (1968)

Mission Italy: On the Front Lines of the Cold War (2005, memoir)

His writings championed international institutions like the U.N., IMF, and World Bank, arguing for incremental steps toward global cooperation over national sovereignty. A 1974 Foreign Affairs article outlined a “case-by-case approach” to erode sovereignty, strengthening bodies like the WTO and U.N. peacekeeping, which drew praise from internationalists but criticism from sovereigntists like John F. McManus, who labeled him a “Deep State” globalist.