air man ▁and ▁then ▁chairman . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Gib bs ▁established ▁an ▁annual ▁series ▁of ▁NAT O ▁con ferences ▁at ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁College , ▁Oxford , ▁which ▁brought ▁academ ics ▁together ▁with ▁senior ▁NAT O ▁officials ▁and ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Al lied ▁Commander , ▁Europe ▁each ▁summer . ▁ ▁With ▁Professor ▁Max ▁Bel off , ▁Gib bs ▁began ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁sem in ars ▁that ▁were ▁the ▁earliest ▁contributions ▁to ▁strateg ic ▁studies ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁With ▁P iers ▁Mack es y , ▁he ▁taught ▁the ▁under grad uate ▁special ▁subject ▁in ▁military ▁history ▁and ▁took ▁on ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁gradu ate ▁students . ▁In ▁addition , ▁he ▁managed ▁the ▁newly ▁established ▁Vis iting ▁F ell ows ▁programme ▁at ▁All ▁Sou ls ▁College , ▁Oxford . ▁ ▁He ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁council ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Institute ▁for ▁Str ateg ic ▁Studies , ▁the ▁council ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁United ▁Services ▁Institute ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁Research ▁Associ ate ▁at ▁the ▁Center ▁of ▁International ▁Studies ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 - 6 6 . ▁He ▁was ▁Vis iting ▁Professor ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁History ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁Brun sw ick ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 - 7 6 ; ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Military ▁Academy ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 - 7 9 , ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁University ▁of ▁Singapore ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 . ▁