Bringing together leading scholars, this volume is the first of its kind to address the growing global phenomenon of transnational repression – using tactics that include surveillance, coercion, harassment and physical violence – in a comparative perspective.
Bringing together leading scholars, this volume is the first of its kind to address the growing global phenomenon of transnational repression in a comparative perspective. Authoritarian regimes in places like China, Russia and Saudi Arabia are infamous for cracking down on domestic opposition movements and democracy activists at home. And, in our age of globalisation, migration and technological development, dictators are increasingly able to extend their authoritarian power over their critics abroad. Using tactics that include surveillance, coercion, harassment and physical violence, transnational repression threatens the lives of democracy defenders, the basic rights of diaspora members and the rule of law in host states.
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In the 21st century, transnational repression threatens human rights protections, democracy, the rule of law and state sovereignty all across the globe. This book is truly one of a kind: it brings together an array of experts and provides an unparalleled comparative, global and systematic analysis of this complex phenomenon. -- Francesca Lessa, University College London This fascinating collection explores transnational repression in all its regions and varieties, from online harassment to extraterritorial assassinations. It reveals both the weaknesses and strengths of states which are both made vulnerable to and fight back against globalisation. The book demonstrates how strong democracies and the institutions of the putative liberal international order have become unwitting or wilful perpetrators of transnational repression. However, it is most fascinating when discussing the role of non-state actors including self-censorship and policing within diasporas themselves. This outstanding new book is essential reading for students and researchers of authoritarianism, globalisation and international security. -- John D. Heathershaw, University of Exeter
List of Figures and TablesAbout the Contributors
Introduction: Transnational Repression as a Growing Global Threat Dana M.
Moss and Saipira Furstenberg
Part I Conceptualising and Unpacking Transnational Repression
1 Extraterritorial Practices of Authoritarian States: A Typology and
MappingMarlies Glasius
2 Global Autocracies: Strategies of Transnational Repression in World
PoliticsGerasimos Tsourapas
3 Nowhere to Hide: Digital Transnational Repression against Exiled Activists
from the Middle EastMarcus Michaelsen
4 Transnational Repression, Non-state Authoritarianism and Diaspora
PoliticsFiona Adamson
Part II Conditions and Causal Mechanisms Facilitating Transnational
Repression over Time
5 Autocratisation as a Facilitator of Transnational Repression in East and
Southeast AsiaAlexander Dukalskis and Redmond Scales
6 Biopolitics without Borders: Chinas Racially Profiled Transnational
Repression of the Uyghur PeopleSean R. Roberts
7 How Diasporas Contribute to Authoritarian Governance: The Case of
EritreaNicole Hirt and Abdulkader Saleh Mohammad
Part III Transnational Repression and the Role of Host Countries
8 US-Philippine Relations and the Transnational Repression of Filipino
American Activists during the Marcos DictatorshipSharon M. Quinsaat
9 Backdoor Extraditions: How Authoritarian Regimes Manipulate the US
Immigration System to Persecute Dissidents Sandra Grossman and Meg Hobbins
10 Turkeys Diasporic Landscapes amid Authoritarianism: Transnational
Repression, Everyday Dynamics and Host-country ResponsesGözde Böcü, Bahar
Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk
11 Transnational Repression and Migration Diplomacy: The Case of
Italian-Egyptian RelationsSaipira Furstenberg, Alessandra Russo and Gillian
Kennedy
Part IV Institutional Responses to Transnational Repression
12 International Organisations as Tools of Transnational Repression:
Strategies of Institutional Manipulation and ResistanceEdward Lemon
13 Countering Transnational Repression Using International LawDon Picard and
Dana M. Moss
Conclusion: The Future of Transnational Repression Research and PolicyDana M.
Moss and Saipira Furstenberg
Index
Dana M. Moss, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame (USA) and a Faculty Fellow at Notre Dames Kroc Institute for International Peace Research. To date, her research focuses primarily on collective action, state repression, authoritarianism, transnationalism, diasporas, and the Middle Eastern region. Her award-winning book, The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism Against Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge University Press, 2022), investigates how and to what extent anti-regime diaspora activists in the US and Britain mobilized to support the 2011 uprisings in Libya, Syria and Yemen. Her work has been published in a variety of venues, including the American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Problems, Mobilization: An International Journal, and Comparative Migration Studies. Saipira Furstenberg, PhD, is a Marie Skodowska-Curie Cofund Research Fellow, at Ca Foscari, University of Venice. Her project examines host states' responses to transnational repression. Saipira gained her PhD in Political Science from the University of Bremen in 2017. Prior to joining the University of Venice, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Portsmouth and a Research Associate at the University of Exeter. Her research examines international dimensions of authoritarian regimes, state repression, and human rights. Her work on transnational repression has been published in several leading journals, including European Journal of International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution and The International Journal of Human Rights.
