President Trump proposes to send the National Guard to protect the southern US border. Instead of searching for your old civics textbook, here’s a pocket history of the soldiers in the spotlight.
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Politics Podcast: Peter Dutton on balancing interests in Home Affairs
Peter Dutton says there is no basis to concerns about the excess power of the home affairs department.
A possible risk from Peter Dutton’s outburst is if his remarks carry any impact in the US.
South Africa is only one piece in a larger puzzle of the heroin trade along the continents east coast.
New research questions the scale of support for tougher border security across Europe.
President Trump wants to renegotiate or eliminate NAFTA because of its impact on U.S. trade, but the accord is also a cornerstone of continental cooperation on security issues as well.
Despite Trump’s rhetoric, Mexicans are no longer crossing the border in massive numbers. Data show a new group of migrants is arriving, and for very different reasons.
As searches of smartphones and other digital devices at US borders become more common, can research and computer science help protect travelers’ privacy?
Can Canada manage to keep up trade while also meeting US expectations for a safe border?
What do border walls cost? And do they work?
Peter Dutton’s allegations and their impacts will again demonstrate the zero-sum nature of political gamesmanship over refugees.
The EU is tightening security on its own borders.
Donald Trump gave a major speech on immigration this week. This roundup looks at some of his ideas for reform and explains what the experts have to say about this complex issue.
That Australia has not suffered a successful terrorist attack on its aviation industry is testament to the resilience of our security system.
Australians need to have a broad conversation about immigration. This must go beyond border security to discuss immigration’s broad functions, social impacts and the national interests it serves.
A recent study shows Donald Trump is out of date when he claims “people are pouring across our southern border”.
With drug trafficking, turf war, and craven politicking all at work, Colombia and Venezuela’s fraught relationship has taken a turn for the worse.
The Australian Border Force represents a significant departure from earlier ways of managing the border.
The Australian Border Force is the culmination of the move towards militarised border security. This commenced in earnest with the introduction of Operation Sovereign Borders in September 2013.
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Senior Research Fellow, Counter Terrorism and Social Cohesion, National Security College, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW
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Full Professor of Political Studies and Canada Research Chair on Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast