Transnational Repression in the Age of Globalisation
Edited by Dana Moss, Saipira Furstenberg
- Presents cutting-edge research by leading experts across political science, sociology, law, digital and area studies on transnational repression
- Offers detailed case studies analysis from 10 countries around the world, including Russia, China, Turkey, the Philippines, Egypt, Eritrea and Italy
- Demonstrates how authoritarian states engage in transnational repression and how such practices affect exiled citizens’ rights and their freedoms across the world
- Provides recommendations and best practices for scholars, institutions and human rights advocates to better defend diaspora communities and democracies from authoritarian transnational repression
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.
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: China’s 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 Turkey’s 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
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.
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.
