The term “transnational repression” is increasingly used to refer to state actors reaching beyond their borders to suppress or stifle dissent by targeting human rights defenders, journalists, ...

On March 2 and 3, the United States and Israel struck missiles and launchers nationwide, nuclear program sites at Natanz, and ...

The rise of transnational repression—ranging from digital threats, family intimidation, and spyware to abductions, assassinations, illegal deportations, and Interpol abuse—has demonstrated that ...

Joshua Kurlantzick is a senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Annabel Richter is a research associate for Southeast Asia and South Asia at CFR. In ...

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of this expanding global issue.

Democratic governments have spent the past decade debating how authoritarianism erodes freedom within the borders of a particular country. Far less attention has been paid to how authoritarianism now ...

"Governments perpetrated 160 total incidents of physical transnational repression across 34 countries in 2024, including assassinations, abductions, assaults, detentions, and unlawful deportations" - ...

Last spring, campuses across the country became flashpoints of anti-war resistance, as thousands of students mobilized in a powerful demonstration of moral conscience and collective action. Their ...