TY - JOUR
T1 - Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy
T2 - A critical assessment
AU - Léonard, Sarah
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme. This article was written whilst the author was a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Centre for European Studies of Sciences Po, Paris (France).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/5/4
Y1 - 2015/5/4
N2 - This article critically examines the use and effectiveness of border controls in the European Union (EU)’s counter-terrorism policy. It shows that the EU has made substantial progress towards achieving the objectives that it had set for itself in this policy area, but has not managed to fulfil all of them, and certainly not by the deadlines originally set. It further argues that, contrary to their usual depiction in EU official documents, these border control measures make a limited contribution to the actual fight against terrorism, whilst having some negative effects. From that viewpoint, the fact that the EU has failed to meet all of its objectives in the use of border controls for counter-terrorist purposes may paradoxically be seen as a positive outcome.
AB - This article critically examines the use and effectiveness of border controls in the European Union (EU)’s counter-terrorism policy. It shows that the EU has made substantial progress towards achieving the objectives that it had set for itself in this policy area, but has not managed to fulfil all of them, and certainly not by the deadlines originally set. It further argues that, contrary to their usual depiction in EU official documents, these border control measures make a limited contribution to the actual fight against terrorism, whilst having some negative effects. From that viewpoint, the fact that the EU has failed to meet all of its objectives in the use of border controls for counter-terrorist purposes may paradoxically be seen as a positive outcome.
U2 - 10.1080/02684527.2014.988447
DO - 10.1080/02684527.2014.988447
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924198505
SN - 0268-4527
VL - 30
SP - 306
EP - 332
JO - Intelligence and National Security
JF - Intelligence and National Security
ER -
