Borders, Technology, and Security: Strategic Responses to New Challenges

March 31, 2008-April 1, 2008
Las Cruces, New Mexico
In Partnership with the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College and New Mexico State University
and Generous Support Provided by the NMSU International Relations Institute and the Vice President for Research

The conference will establish a framework for collaboration and productive dialogue between scholars, military professionals, and policymakers who are dealing with border and homeland security challenges facing the US and its allies in the post-9/11 strategic environment. Its main objectives are to:

1. Bring together a high-profile international and multidisciplinary group of scholars, experts, and practitioners involved in different ways and at different levels with the complex intersection of borders, technology, and security;
2. Review the state of our interdisciplinary knowledge on this intersection and assess its ramification for post-9/11 strategic thinking;
3. Identify and explore new strategic and security-related research themes and priorities in these areas;
4. Through publishable research, share and disseminate such knowledge.