At #LECIADASEM. Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso presenting on "The Crisis in Ukraine and the Emergence of a New Cold War".

Hello all. Good afternoon and welcome to this week's #LECIADASEM

Dr Antwi-Danso going through the history of Ukraine, Russia and the affinity of the peoples within those 2 States. #LECIADASEM

The Tatars were forcibly deported to Central Asia by Joseph Stalin. #LECIADASEM

The Crimean area is geostrategically important to Russia. #LECIADASEM

A look at the hall for this afternoon's seminar. #LECIADASEM

American officials acknowledge that the Crimean Peninsula is critical to Russia as a global military power. #LECIADASEM

Dr Antwi-Danso giving historical antecedents to Crimea. Cites Comoros, Falklands, Kosovo... #LECIADASEM

After the Cold War,there were false assumptions: Triumph of liberalism& End of history; integration of Europe in Post-Soviet Era #LECIADASEM

Putin moved the superpower battle to the realm of values when he said Russia does not go around telling people how to live. #LECIADASEM

Dr Antwi-Danso just concluded his seminar. Taking questions now. #LECIADASEM

Wishing all our students a happy holiday. We hope you come back on Tuesday refreshed.

For Putin, Eastern Europe is still up for grabs: ow.ly/wa5N1 AEI Foreign Policy #Ukraine Russia 🇷🇺

Our class on Issues in Ghana's Foreign Policy ongoing now. Students running the class on "Ghana & sub regional peace & security".

We are currently interviewing students for the 2014/15 Academic Year. We wish hem all success.

Our students are entering their last week of lectures. We hope this semester has been merciful, graceful, but challenging as well.