Seton Hall Graduate Degree in International Affairs

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Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde specializes in security and development in Africa, particularly in peace-building and state-building processes in the Sahel. She also focuses on West African militants. She is a post-doctorate student at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.

OPINIONS

Can the G5 Force Work Counterterrorism Magic in Africa’s Sahel Region?

Opinion by Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
• June 15, 2017

Although the plan to deploy a West African troop contingent, called the G5 Sahel Joint Force, presents an opportunity to improve much-needed cooperation among the Sahel countries, it will not be a game-changer in the fight against the persistent…