Authoritarian Public Opinion, Vividness, and International Crisis Signaling

How can public opinion in an authoritarian state deter or compel adversaries? Existing theories based on rationalist bargaining frameworks suggest that authoritarian domestic audiences are likely t...

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#HRC61 Side Event: Host States’ responsibility to prevent and respond to transnational repression

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Italy expelled eight Chinese nationals for spying on opponents and dissidents via China overseas 'police stations'

After a lengthy investigation, Italy expelled eight Chinese nationals accused of monitoring and intimidating Chinese dissidents. The case puts the spotlight on so-called overseas police stations, part

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Who would defend Kinmen and Matsu (and what is Wuchiu?): Taiwanese public opinion on outlying islands

Since the early 2020s, Chinese paramilitary activities, military drills, and on-water incidents have reopened a question that dominated the early Cold War: whether small Taipei-controlled islands i...

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中国全球形象：历时25年、覆盖159国民调揭示了什么 China’s Global Image—What 25 Years of Polling Across 159 Countries Reveal

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Transnational Repression Escalates: Sexual Violence and Threats Against Zimbabwean Journalist in Exile in Sweden - Law and Democracy Support Foundation e.V.

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) strongly condemns the sexual and physical assaults, threats, and surveillance targeting journalist and human rights defender Sophia Tekwani and her family i...

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Views of China across the Global South: The Rule and the Exceptions

In his latest analysis, Andrew Chubb examines long-term trends in positive views of China across the Global South, assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and identify the regions and countries th...

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Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation

When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.

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Model code of conduct: protection of academic freedom and the academic community in the context of the internationalisation of the UK HE sector

Published in The International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 26, No. 10, 2022)

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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show

Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

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Closing the gaps in Australia’s approach to transnational repression

Diaspora communities say a security-focused response to foreign intimidation misses their basic rights concerns.

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The Golden Age of Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy

Authoritarian regimes are targeting exiles and diaspora communities in more places than ever before. Activists, journalists, and regular people living abroad must watch their backs…

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Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan

"We saw a camp, we were followed, no Hijabs, no beards, mosques closed, secret rooms..."

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The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - The Foreign Policy Centre

From Chinese unofficial police stations to the assassination attacks perpetuated by Russian or Iranian secret agents on their citizens and diaspora communities residing abroad, authoritarian states ha...

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Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative

U.S. trade policy is making China great again — at the United States' expense, per an analysis from Morning Consult

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Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching

The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time things are different, says Asia Society’s Andrew Chubb.

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Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching

The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time things are different, says Asia Society’s Andrew Chubb.

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Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world - ICIJ

Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.

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The South China Sea and the Trump Factor

Andrew Chubb examines whether a transactional U.S. foreign policy leaves countries vulnerable to Chinese pressure in the South China Sea.

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Will Trump’s tariffs lead to an emboldened Beijing in the Taiwan Strait?

US involvement and sanctions will already be part of planning for any actions towards Taipei by mainland China, observers say.

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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Not: China and Russia’s Implementation of Economic Sanctions

Abstract. How do China and Russia practically wield coercive economic power? Both states frequently employ unilateral sanctions. Simultaneously, they regul

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