[2] His originality stems from a vast erudition put at the service of a cross-understanding of disparate fields such as art and war.

In this capacity, he served as an officer in the Royal Army Education Corps for the next ten years.

In 1988 he left the British Army and held a research fellowship at King's College London.

In 2014 he moved to the University of St Andrews, where he taught as Professor of International Relations until his death.

Danchev was a visiting fellow at Queen Mary, University of London and St Antony's College, Oxford.