Global authoritarianism and the struggle for democracy

Book chapters

Dukalskis, Alexander (2021). The motivations behind authoritarian image management. In Making the world safe for dictatorship (pp. 13–32). New York: Oxford University Press.

Articles

Adamson, Fiona B. (2020). Non‐state authoritarianism and diaspora politics. Global Networks, 20(1), 150-169.

Aggestam, Lisbeth, Schierenbeck, Isabell, & Wackenhut, Arne F. (2023). Sweden, NATO and the role of diasporas in foreign policy. International Affairs, 99(6), 2367-2385.

Brubaker, Rogers. (2005). The ‘diaspora’ diaspora. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1) 1-19.

Chubb, Andrew., & Roberts Lyer, Kirsten (2024). Transnational human rights violations: Addressing the evolution of globalized repression through national human rights institutions. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 16(3), 770-793.

Gerschewski, Johannes (2013) : The three pillars of stability: legitimation, repression, and co-optation in autocratic regimes, Democratization, 20(1), pp. 13-38

Glasius, Marlies. (2018). Extraterritorial authoritarian practices: A framework. Globalizations, 15(2), 179-197.

Harb, Michel, & Wackenhut, Arne F. (2026). Transnational repression in an age of global authoritarianism: experiences of Uyghur diaspora activists in Sweden. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2026.2624635

Jakobson, Mari-Liis, Umpierrez de Reguero, Sebastian, & Yener-Roderburg, Inci Öykü (2023). When migrants become ‘the people’: unpacking homeland populism. Contemporary Politics, 29(3), 277-297.

Koinova, Maria. (2018). Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: Contextual and comparative dimensions. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44(8), 1251-1269.

Moss, Dana M. (2016). Transnational repression, diaspora mobilization, and the case of the Arab Spring. Social Problems, 63(4), 480-498.

Orjuela, Camilla (2025). The ‘ideal citizen’abroad: Engaging Rwanda’s young generation diaspora. Globalizations, 22(1), 34-50.

Tsourapas, Gerasimos. (2021). Global autocracies: Strategies of transnational repression, legitimation, and co-optation in world politics. International Studies Review, 23(3), 616-644.

Wackenhut, Arne F., & Orjuela, Camilla (2023). Engaging the next generation: Authoritarian regimes and their young diaspora. European Political Science, 22(1), 143-158.

Other

Freedom House (n.d.). Reports on transnational repression. Available at: https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression/reports-archive

Nord, Marina, Altman, David, Angiolillo, Fabio,Fernandes, Tiago, Good God, Ana & Lindberg, Staffan I. (2025). Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization – Democracy Trumped? University of Gothenburg: V-Dem Institute. Available at: https://v-dem.net/documents/54/v-dem_dr_2025_lowres_v1.pdf