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, ...

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.

In a recent post, I noted how Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian hub of transnational repression. Across mainland Southeast Asia, transnational repression—of political activists, ...

Is Central Asia Still Russia’s Backyard? Cambodian and Sikh diaspora communities are among the many that are reportedly being “surveilled, harassed, threatened, and silenced by foreign governments.” ...