Identifying new methods of border monitoring with emphasis on new technologies

The main pillar of national security is to have borders with stable security. This study was prepared in terms of practical purpose, in terms of mixed methods and in terms of collecting statistics and information in the field and through interviews and questionnaire tools. The research participants in the qualitative part included 18 experts from the Faraja border police, Faraja air police and Faraja drone police who were selected by a purposeful judgment method. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The statistical community of the quantitative part of the experts of Faraja specialized police, border guard command, Faraja air force and UAV and there are 72 people who were selected as the members of the statistical sample of the qualitative part and answered the valid and valid questionnaire of the researcher. In this research, the thematic analysis method was used in MAXQDA software to analyze the qualitative data, and SPSS software was used for the descriptive and inferential analysis of the data obtained from the quantitative part. The findings led to the identification of 29 basic themes, 15 organizing themes and 3 comprehensive themes in order to identify new border monitoring methods with emphasis on new technologies. The results showed that the universal themes identified in the form of 1- aerial, 2- optical and 3- electronic methods can play a significant role in border monitoring and are suitable predictors for the technological monitoring of the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran. be considered