BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170410T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170410T203000 LOCATION:Templeton Campus Center GEO:45.44918;-122.670969 SUMMARY:Borders: Indispensable or Obsolete? DESCRIPTION:Borders have always been a defining feature of modern states. In a globalized world\, however\, these boundaries are a contentious iss ue. Do borders protect citizens of today's states as an essential securit y measure? Or are they an antiquated hindrance that remain only to preven t the flow of international migration? \;Pete Hoekstra currently se rves as the Senior Shillman Fellow with the Investigative Project on Terr orism and has written and spoken extensively on intelligence\, national s ecurity\, and border protection. He formerly served as Chairman of the Ho use Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence\, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives\, representing Michigan's 2nd Congressional District from 1993 to 2011.Shikha Dalmia is a journalist and senior anal yst at the Reason Foundation. She focuses on issues surrounding border co ntrol and immigration as a columnist at The Week and The Washington Exami ner\, and also contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal\, Reason Magazine\, USA Today\, and several other publications. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Borders have always been a de fining feature of modern states. In a globalized world\, however\, these boundaries are a contentious issue. Do borders protect citizens of today' s states as an essential security measure? Or are they an antiquated hind rance that remain only to prevent the flow of international migration?
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Pete Hoekstra currently se rves as the Senior Shillman Fellow with the Investigative Project on Terr orism and has written and spoken extensively on intelligence\, national s ecurity\, and border protection. He formerly served as Chairman of the Ho use Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence\, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives\, representing Michigan's 2nd Congressional District from 1993 to 2011.
Shikha Dalmia i
s a journalist and senior analyst at the Reason Foundation. She focuses o
n issues surrounding border control and immigration as a columnist at The
Week and The Washington Examiner\, and also contributes regularly to The
Wall Street Journal\, Reason Magazine\, USA Today\, and several other pu
blications.