Border security cannot be a dogmatic approach isolated from a wider context: human, social, political or physical, for example. Would collaborative technology platforms , applicable to checkpoints, airports and seaports strategies, cultivate wider communities of practice?

 

Security policies generate consequences on many different actors: citizens, third countries, neighbours and immigrants. Could collaborative technology platforms  allow the participation of the many diverse security stakeholders in the development of border policies and decision-making processes ?

 

The involvement of the abovementioned actors is fundamental to re-conceptualize border security. The last years have seen an increased number of problems related to border policies. Should a sustainable strategy be based directly on the needs of governments, third countries, citizens and immigrants?

 

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?