Military historian, international relations expert talks to SETAF-AF about need for new strategy in Sahel

Dr. Geoffrey Jackson, a NATO expert on peacekeeping operations in the African Sahel, leads a discussion among U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa staff members on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, March 11, 2022, about the history and future of counter-violent extremist organizations in the region. Jackson, a military history instructor from Mount Royal University in Canada and consultant to NATO’s Strategic Direction South Hub in Naples, Italy, shared his thoughts on the history and future of the West’s efforts in the African Sahel to curb violent extremist organizations there over the past decade (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Cain S. Claxton.)



By Maj. Cain Claxton U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Italy Mar 14, 2022
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