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I. ULUSLARARASI SOSYAL BİLİMLER KONGRESİ, İzmir, Turkey, 22 - 24 June 2022
This study aims
to explore the interaction between politics and military technology in practice
and policy development of the border security policies of the European Union
(EU) through a qualitative method. Interaction between border politics and
military technologies in multiple settings has several implications for the border
management of the EU and for the construction of de-territorialized borders.
Widespread use of new surveillance technologies in border management such as
artificial intelligence, drones, pilotless aircraft, biometric recognition, and
automated decision making has changed the course of border management and
security in the EU borders considerably. By examining the practices of multiple
actors in charge of border management and their agency in changing
understandings of security and border management, this study aims to reveal
broader political dynamics behind the militarization of the EU borders and the
implications of proliferation of military technologies on border politics.
Based on the arguments of Critical Security Studies and Critical Border
Studies, preliminary findings of the study suggest that increasing use of
military technology at the EU borders has frame breaking implications for understanding
of borders and border management such as dehumanization, deterritorialization,
and deconstruction of borders with lingering repercussions for European
security and beyond. In this respect, this study aims to go beyond existing IR research
on borders and technology and discuss border management and security with
critical approaches and concepts.
Keywords: EU border security, Politics, Military technologies, De-territorialized
borders, Surveillance, De-humanization.