{"id":24585,"date":"2016-02-10T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T03:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=24585"},"modified":"2016-02-10T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T03:32:52","slug":"you-say-you-want-a-revolution-in-border-security-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-in-border-security-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"You say you want a revolution (in border security strategy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Reductionism abounds in public policy debates on border security. So discussions of<\/span> innovation<\/span><\/a> are often limited to debates on<\/span> new walls<\/span><\/a> or<\/span> biometric advances<\/span><\/a>, not strategy. Unsurprisingly, industry representatives in this reflexive paradigm present arguments that some<\/span> new wall<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> biometric<\/span><\/a> concept or<\/span> surveillance platform<\/span><\/a> will \u2018fix\u2019 or ameliorate the border security problem: but those products don\u2019t make a strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naturally, border security measures vary greatly from country to country. You could rightly argue, at least conceptually, that border security is timeless, and agencies look at each transaction and\/or person to confirm their risk or threat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Border security philosophies and strategies have had a one dimensional focus on keeping things and people from entering one\u2019s borders. To see that defensive paradigm in practice, one only has to look at America\u2019s<\/span> current debates<\/span><\/a> on<\/span> building better and bigger walls<\/span><\/a> with its southern neighbour Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

But<\/span> border transactions are already so frequent<\/span><\/a> that simplistic responses\u2014such as opening a few extra migration desks at the airport, buying a new x-ray machine for goods or building a new wall\u2014simply don\u2019t cut it. To manage border security risks bureaucrats need new strategies more than new technology, better barriers or more staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, it\u2019s not all bad news for border security policy, as public service leaders awaken to the reality that it\u2019s a nation\u2019s border security philosophy and<\/span> strategy<\/span><\/a> that will improve border security.<\/span><\/p>\n

Border security\u2019s operating context is changing dramatically. And, like<\/span> military affairs<\/span><\/a> since the 1970s, border security strategy and policy may just be on the precipice of a revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the birth of the nation state, border security practice has primarily been concerned with<\/span> enforcing sovereignty<\/span><\/a>\u2014a border was simply the physical location where entry or exit could be controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not much changed until the 1990s when there was a shifting western policy focus on deregulation and opening border flows, in order to support internationally integrated value chains and global logistic frameworks.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, border agencies were still focused on assessing each traveler or item crossing the border. It comes as little surprise, then, that this transaction approach struggled to stem the flow of illicit commodities especially in an environment where security was a poor second to trade facilitation. But the failed paradigm prevailed under the promised<\/span> efficiencies of technology<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the allied field of customs regulation, the economic costs of controlling cross-border movements of people and goods\u2014in a world in which national logistics were being absorbed into global supply chains\u2014gave rise to a risk-based approach. Increasingly, customs authorities implemented compliance models. These compliance models were focused on influencing individuals and businesses to comply with customs regulations: but this didn\u2019t translate to border security in any meaningful sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 9\/11 terror attacks catalysed movement to the militarised and securitised border environment that continues today.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the face of terrorism, the governments of western liberal democracies increasingly sought to protect their communities from the border inwards. The militarisation of border security is particularly evident in the US, where the Department of Homeland Security uses an approach that\u2019s somewhat reminiscent of the walled frontiers of the Cold War. In comparison, both the European Union\u2019s Frontex and the United Kingdom\u2019s Border Force offer examples of the securitisation model focused on processes and systems. In both cases, performance has been mixed at best, as their strategies remain focused on assessing transactions, and not on managing risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

During a recent visit to Europe I was shocked that so many border agencies remained convinced that capabilities such as biometrics or increased traveler data would allow for better consideration of individual travelers. While those are good ideas, border agencies in Europe and the US are still focusing on assessing the risk of each border traveler or border transaction. That non-targeted approach treats all transactions and travelers equally.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early post 9\/11 years, rapid expansions in funding for border agencies obfuscated the failure of linear border security checking. The transactional approach is unsustainable in light of exponential increases in border traffic. While new technology will assist and lead to efficiencies, it\u2019s unlikely to address the exponential number of people and volumes of goods that need to be checked.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the top of the list of fresh approaches to border security is Australia\u2019s move towards risk-based border management strategies, which is unique because its assessment of risk isn\u2019t at the level of each individual transaction. With macro-level border security risk assessments, resources can be allocated appropriately.<\/span><\/p>\n

There has been, and continues to be, irreversible and significant changes to the business of border security. But our strategies, for the most part, have remained static and linear. Those catalytic factors demand the development of not just new technologies, but innovation in border security doctrine, strategies and tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now is the time to rethink our border security approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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