Borders: Definition, Issues, and New Security Measures

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BordersDefinition, Issues, and New Security
Measures

• 20th Maritime Security Conference
• Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
• Dalhousie University
• June 11, 2009

Jeff Robertson Communications Director, Parsons
Corp.
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Agenda

• What are borders?
• Border Security Strategy
• Border Challenges and Responses
• The Future

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What are borders?
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Borders

• By what standard do we define borders?
• Nationality? Culture? Race?
• Politics? Economy? Religion?
• .com? .gov? .mil?
• Three-fold concept for national security dialogue
  (Michele Acuto)
• Walls
• Permeable lines
• Borderlands (littorals)
• Border Perspective
• Inward and Outward
• .. coercive, disabling and limiting, including
  and excluding many people against their will but
  they are also benign and enabling, providing the
  basis for security. - James Anderson and Liam
  ODowd

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Border Security Strategy
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Border Security Strategy

• Layered, risk based
• Pushing out the borders
• Threat informed targeting
• Active and passive detection
• Multi-modal / Inter-modal initiatives

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Border Challenges and Responses
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Challenges and Responses

• Cargo
• Small vessels
• Passengers
• Intangibles

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Cargo

• Advance Information
• 102
• Technology
• 100 scanning
• Container Security Initiative / Secure Freight
  Initiative
• Container Security Devices
• Cooperation
• C-TPAT

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Small Vessels

• Historical focus on large, commercial vessels
• Technology
• Cultural
• Stakeholders
• Border maritime surveillance

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Passengers

• WHTI
• Biometrics

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Intangibles

• Determining intent
• Cooperation
• MilitaryLaw Enforcement Seam

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The Future
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The Future A Product of the Present
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Policy Drives Strategy

• National Policy
• Greatest threat to world instability is economic
  recession
• Need for U.S. to cooperate and build partnerships
• World trade is cornerstone of strong economy
• U.S. provides strong moral leadership
• Less implied concern over international power
  rivalries

• Naval Strategy
• Maritime security
• Maintain global commons
• Promote of free trade
• Build partnerships
• Anti-piracy
• Humanitarian assistance

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Towards a Border Maritime Strategy

• Integrated Maritime Policy
• Information Transparency
• Governance Structure
• Trusted and representative
• Recognize sovereignty
• Expert
• Incremental
• Decentralized
• Inclusive
• Incentive-driven

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Questions?