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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Border security"”.
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Exploring public-private partnerships for enhancing border security through space technology in South Africa
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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An analysis of the dynamics and effects of interdepartmental policy discord on post-apartheid South Africa’s border control and border security
Borders have a primary responsibility of separating political entities (states) and the creation of national identities within states. In the African context, borders were created through colonial fiat, and have remained intact, except in the two cases: that of South Sudan and Eritrea. This study …
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Utilization Of A Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Network For Intrusion Detection And Border Surveillance
<p>To control the border more effectively, countries may deploy a detection system that enables real-time surveillance of border integrity. Events such as border crossings need to be monitored in real time so that any border entries can be noted by border security forces and destinations marked for …
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Border protection and national security of Mongolia
… terrorist attacks spawned heated debates about border security. It is widely agreed that in a globalizing world borders should be as open as possible and much has been written in recent years about the value of 'soft' borders in maintaining good relations between neighboring states, creating …
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Seismic Modeling and Imaging for Detection of Clandestine Tunnels
… – Israel and so on over the years. Conventional border security measures and intel activities of border security agencies remain insufficient in stopping these illegal underground passageways. During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, arguments were particularly focused on constructing a wall …
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NO ONE IS ILLEGAL: DECOLONIAL COSMOPOLITANISM, MIGRANT SUBJECTIVITY, AND THE COMMUNICATION OF SOCIAL CHANGE
… a campaign against the reality television show Border Security: Canada’s Front Line¸I argue that No One Is Illegal advances a rhetoric of emotional and material victimization of undocumented migrants at the hands of Border Security and the Harper government. I further argue that No One Is …
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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: EXPLOITING UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FOR POLITICAL GAIN
… to recurring crises at the U.S.–Mexico border. Through a comparative analysis of Republican and Democratic administrations, it evaluates how executive orders, proclamations, and agency directives have prompted rapid policy changes. The policies and actions analyzed include the Trump …
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The impact of the European insolvency regulation on lenders, lending decisions, the structuring of transactions and enforcement of security
… creditor rights are protected in EU cross-border insolvencies by focusing on the perspective and position of English lenders. The main thread throughout is the legal concerns faced by lenders when lending to a company incorporated in England and Wales which operates across the European …
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Covid-19 in the Developing World: Managing One of The Gambia's Most Fatal Public Health Crisis
… and implement basic public health safeguards and border security measures. Though response efforts were initiated by public health officials promptly after the March 17 timeline - by primarily declaring and administering public health policy directives - practical measures that were considered …
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Border Biomes: Coexistence and Interference on American Migration Trails
Framed within the fields of Border and Migration Studies and the Environmental Humanities, Border Biomes: Coexistence and Interference on American Migration Trails, examines how 21st -century Mexican, Mexican American, and Chicanx literature and art depict dynamic, unstable geographies that defy …
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Feasibility study of long-life micro fuel cell power supply for sensor networks for space and terrestrial applications
Sensor networks used for activities like border security, search and rescue, planetary exploration, commonly operate in harsh environments for long durations, where human supervision is minimal. A major challenge confronting such devices is providing adequate and reliable power supply required for …
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Layers of Identity & Privilege in Legislation: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Senate Bill 744
… immigrants on the left, and increased border security on the right. However, the researcher also notes that neither of these issues were handled well in the bill because of their exclusionary nature, and that is what led her to this research. This study is important because it will …
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Models and Methodologies to Address Emerging Needs in Network and Supply Chain Optimization
<p>In this dissertation, we model three different security scenarios and propose solution methodologies to address each problem. </p> <p>Chapter 2 presents a large-scale optimization approach for solving a dynamic bi-level network interdiction problem (NIP) in which interdiction activities must be …
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Solidarity, saviors, and the scales of authority : (social) media practices of the U.S.-Mexico border
… (social) media messaging about the U.S.-Mexico border. The deft use of media by the U.S. Border Patrol and immigrant advocacy and activist groups alike indicates evolving bordering practices. I bridge feminist geopolitical work on scale and geopolitical scholarship on media through a discursive …
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Alien Affects: Movement, Migration, and Landscapes of Citizenship
… mechanisms of control - extraterrestrial film, border security, and the legal apparatuses of the State - that accelerate flows of dominant national citizenship and hinder the movements of migrants. As bodies move through borders and through communities in the US, they are subjected to techniques …
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The Politics of Border Walls in Hungary, Georgia and Israel
Politicians justify border walls by arguing that it would protect the nation from outside threats, such as immigration or terrorism. The literature on border walls has identified xenophobic nationalism's centrality in framing border walls as a security measure. Yet, alternative geographic visions …
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Fixing the national security state: commissions and the politics of disaster and reform
… the cases constitute a study of the national security state seeking to correct failures across different domains of state power: border security, war-making capability, and dominance in space. I argue that commissions, as one-shot diagnostic and therapeutic instruments, are more effective than …
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Due diligence in the protection of victims of trafficking: responding to the securitisation of migration
… migrants are seen as threats to the State’s border security, continues to have negative consequences for victims of human trafficking. Instruments such as the Dublin III Regulation, the ‘hotspot approach’ and detention and deportation have been used to deal with victims of trafficking. In …
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Essays in economic development and education
… of United States-Mexico migration to U.S. border enforcement policy. Spending on border enforcement has risen by 240% in the U. S. in the last decade, and the construction of a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border has become a focal point in the debate over the costs and benefits of increased …
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An Inferentially Robust Look at Two Competing Explanations for the Surge in Unauthorized Migration From Central America
… of Central American apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol. Explanations for this surge in apprehensions have been split between two leading hypotheses. Most academic scholars, immigrant advocates, progressive media outlets, and human rights organizations identify poverty and violence (the …