Governments are aware that economy, technology, finance, trade, information and knowledge move on an intricated borderless web.

 

How long will governments be able to identify territorial, political, military and national identity within physical borders? Can the concept of  national security survive globalization ?

 

In this context, drawing scenarios for the future developments of border security is a very important exercise to better understand the extent to which contemporary trends in border strategies can be appropriate.

   

1. Can security be defined as a "common good"?
2. Is it possible to draw a scenario on the potential evolutions of border security?
3. Is globalisation breaking traditional concepts of distance and interdependence?
4. Is nowadays technology enough to deal with border security?
5. What affects the meaning of border security in the short- medium- and long-run?
6. How can border security abstract from the involvement of the actors concerned?