WAGNER, Johann (2019). Border Management in Transformation Transnational Threats and Security Policies of European States. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University. [Thesis]
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Abstract
In the 21st century, along with the process of globalisation, a constantly evolving
security environment creates new dimensions of threats and challenges to security
and stability of a trans-national nature. This seeks for comprehensive,
multidimensional, collective and well-coordinated responses. The United Nations,
European Union, Commonwealth of Independent States, Organisation for Security
and Co-operation in Europe and other international organisations are able to really
contribute in developing cooperative and coordinated responses to these threats
by relying on its broad membership and profound expertise and experience.
This work looked into the processes of changes and renewals of border control and
border management standards in relation to strategic security management during
the past 25 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the immense challenges in
nation-building in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The abolition of border
controls within the Schengen area and simultaneous introduction of necessary
compensatory measures was an additional topic. In this work it has been possible
to create a comprehensive synopsis of the extent to which the EU and international
organisations were able to use their influence in the modernisation and/or creation
of state law enforcement agencies for ensuring effective border control, border
surveillance and border management in line with the EU acquis communautaire
and standards.
A modern, cost-benefit-oriented and effective border management should ensure
both open borders as well as maximum security. At the same time, potential
transnational threats must be clearly identified and cross-border organised crime
combated consistently without compromise. Hence, cross-cooperation and
information exchange are very important elements of the EU’s integrated border
management concept, which facilitates the coordination and cooperation between
all relevant authorities and organisations in the fields of border control and border
surveillance in achieving the jointly defined objectives in terms of open but at the
same time secure borders. This applies within the respective border law
enforcement agencies (intra-agency cooperation), as well as between other
involved governmental departments and agencies of a country (inter-agency
cooperation) and also across borders in a bilateral and multi-lateral context
(international cooperation).
The process to develop a new awareness of the dimensions of these major
challenges is to clarify which standards and processes the international community needs to develop in order to combat the complexity of these potential threats
effectively.
The dissertation project aims to give an in-depth update on the extent to which
innovative integrated border management models were developed, as well as
demonstrating how the implementation of new “control filters” in non-EU countries
has increased the quality of border controls and security.
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