international border security: biometrics & surveillance technologies

International Border Security: Biometrics & Surveillance TechnologiesBenjamin J. Muller, PhDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Political Science, King’s University CollegeCentre for American Studies, Western University Canada

International BordersDefining Borders and Borderlands More or less Borders? Biometrics & SurveillanceCurrent & Future Challenges

International Borders

“Borders are not where they are supposed to be” Nick Vaughan-Williams

Borderlands

More or Less Borders? Post-1989 “Borderless World” (K. Ohmae, T. Friedman)1990s “sovereign breach”11 September 2001 - Re-bordering

Borders & Technology

To what extent has the increasing reliance on biometric and surveillance technologies helped to transform the international border regime?

Biometrics & Surveillance

From examination to pre-assessing risk“governing through risk”virtual borders “policy laundering”multi-lane strategy

Current & Future Challenges

Liberty & Security - not opposites on a spectrum(De)Valuing Mobility & CirculationRelying on “Data Doubles”International oversight?