 He was also a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra, Australia, between 2003 and 2004.In 2003, he became a Chair at the London School of Economics.At LSE he helped establish the Cold War Studies Centre in 2004, along with Professor Odd Arne Westad, where they were Co-Directors are also Co-Editors of the London School of Economics CWSC journal, "Cold War History".