| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 戰略暨國家安全碩士在職專班 === 105 === Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, terrorism has posed serious threats to national security, thus becoming a major focus for governments, security experts, and the focal point for policies on international security. To maintain and improve efficiency on border safety, countries have begun to employ biometric verification devices as a means of human flow management as they work toward a more effective solution to blocking out visitors with potentially malicious intent. Though a comparatively low-threat country for terrorist attacks, Taiwan, geographically situated at the hub of Asia, and with a constant flow of foreign visitors, are not immune to such menace. The purpose of this paper is to address the issues of national security raised by terrorism through the lens of border management.
The issues of border management cannot be resolved by one country alone, it could only be achieved at an international level through the networking of criminal information, the building of cooperation platforms, the sharing of border experiences, and the progressing of key strategies and actions; in other words, national security could only be safeguarded by “prevention from without” as well as “deterrence from within.” Border management is the first line of defense in terms of national security, exercising power conferred by national security acts is an expression of a nation’s sovereignty, the use of biometric technology, the exchange of information beyond borders, the promotion of international cooperation, all work to secure the ultimate goal of national security. In addition to national security, the success or failure of border management can also affect a nation’s international image.
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