Subject: Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy

July 2026, Volume 37, Issue 3

How to Combat Transnational Repression

Siena Anstis
Marcus Michaelsen

Authoritarians actively threaten, intimidate, and murder exiles and opponents wherever they find them. While justice for victims is hard won, it is possible. Here is how democracies can push back.

How Putin Erases Dissidents and Critics

Liudmila Listrovaya

Vladimir Putin has signed a new “civic death” law that targets Kremlin’s critics everywhere. The goal is to intimidate Russian citizens from speaking up about Putin’s crimes. The world’s democracies must counter this new repressive tool.