Dr. Gardner is an Adjunct for the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies at the University of Mississippi.
Biography
He has taught at professional military education institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. From 2016-2024, he was Professor of Strategy at the UAE National Defense College in Abu Dhabi. He taught previously at the Royal Military College of Canada, where he served as Chair of the War Studies graduate program, and at the USAF Air War College, where he served as the first academic director of the Grand Strategy Program. Dr. Gardner holds a Ph.D. in military history and strategic studies from the University of Calgary. He is the author of The Siege of Kut-al-Amara: At War in Mesopotamia, Trial by Fire: Command in the British Expeditionary Force in 1914, and numerous articles and book chapters on the history of conflict and security cooperation in the Middle East. His current research examines the impact of technologies such as drones, artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems on 21st-century wars.