Past Event
Border Security Challenges After 9/11: A Conversation With Three Commissioners of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Co-sponsored with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection History Department
Commissioner Alan Bersin of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) joined former commissioners Robert Bonner and Ralph Basham in a discussion of border security since 9/11. This roundtable, facilitated by Professor Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University, examined how the federal government consolidated border security into one CBP in 2003 and how threats to the nation’s homeland have evolved over the last decade.
Speakers
Bruce Hoffman
Global Fellow;
Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Fellow, U.S. Military Academy’s Combating Terrorism Center
Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Fellow, U.S. Military Academy’s Combating Terrorism Center
Alan D. Bersin
Global Fellow;
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Policy, and Vice President of INTERPOL for the Americas Region
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Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Policy, and Vice President of INTERPOL for the Americas Region
W. Ralph Basham
Principal, Command Consulting Group and former Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Robert C. Bonner
Senior Principal of Sentinel HS Group and former Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection