Exporting the Homeland: The global transformation of border control in the fight against illicit trade

1. Introduction
2. Theorizing supply chain security cooperation
3. The reinvention of border control
4. Transnational diffusion of a new policy paradigm
5. Network effects and the exchange of sensitive information
6. Conclusion ​

​“Transgovernmental networks of customs and border agencies are progressively exchanging information and collaborating, either in mission-specific task forces, or by way of more enduring arrangements ... The territorially linear quality of borders is passing away in favour of increasingly connected and networked borders.”
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-- Michael Pezzullo, Former Secretary of Australia Dept. Home Affairs

Source: Author Data on Customs Mutual Assistance Agreements (CMAAs)