| | Additionally, Richard N. Gardner, a former State Department official, wrote in 1974 that a world government could not be established in one step. Rather, he argued that "in short, the ‘house of world order’ will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down," and that "an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old fashioned assault."<ref>Multiple references: | | Additionally, Richard N. Gardner, a former State Department official, wrote in 1974 that a world government could not be established in one step. Rather, he argued that "in short, the ‘house of world order’ will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down," and that "an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old fashioned assault."<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *McManus, John F. (July 17, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2666-hillary-clinton-lets-cfr-cat-out-of-the-bag Hillary Clinton Lets CFR Cat Out of the Bag]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 31, 2017. | | *McManus, John F. (July 17, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2666-hillary-clinton-lets-cfr-cat-out-of-the-bag Hillary Clinton Lets CFR Cat Out of the Bag]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 31, 2017. |
| − | *Gardner, Richard N (April 1974). [http://www.apfn.org/pdf/191627-1974-CFR-R-N-Gardner-Hard-Road-to-World-Order-OCR-by-MatRoX.pdf The Hard Road to World Order]. ''Foreign Policy''. Retrieved January 7, 2018.</ref><ref name="DeepState2017">Newman, Alex (October 30, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/27251-deep-state-behind-the-deep-state-cfr-trilaterals-bilderberg Deep State Behind the Deep State: CFR, Trilaterals, Bilderberg]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref> Gardner's strategy has been fully adopted by globalists, and international organizations such as the [[World Bank]], [[International Monetary Fund]], [[World Trade Organization]], [[Paris climate agreement]], and the numerous disarmament treaties are all examples of this strategy in action – eroding sovereignty bit by bit until all the countries of the world are so integrated by the complicated web of international organizations and treaties that the official establishment of a world government can be accomplished seamlessly and would rather be a mere recognition of ''de facto'' reality. | + | *Gardner, Richard N (April 1974). [http://www.apfn.org/pdf/191627-1974-CFR-R-N-Gardner-Hard-Road-to-World-Order-OCR-by-MatRoX.pdf The Hard Road to World Order]. ''Foreign Policy''. Retrieved January 7, 2018.</ref><ref name="DeepState2018">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27866-deep-state-behind-the-deep-state-cfr-trilaterals-bilderbergs Deep State Behind the Deep State: CFR, Trilaterals, Bilderbergs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref> Gardner's strategy has been fully adopted by globalists, and international organizations such as the [[World Bank]], [[International Monetary Fund]], [[World Trade Organization]], [[Paris climate agreement]], and the numerous disarmament treaties are all examples of this strategy in action – eroding sovereignty bit by bit until all the countries of the world are so integrated by the complicated web of international organizations and treaties that the official establishment of a world government can be accomplished seamlessly and would rather be a mere recognition of ''de facto'' reality. |