Leaders | How tyranny travels
Autocracies are exporting autocracy to their diasporas
The new danger from transnational repression
For Millennia exile has been a way for critics to escape the iron fist of tyrants and for regimes to silence naysayers. Yet the way authoritarian regimes interact with dissenting opinions abroad is changing dramatically for the worse.
Leaders March 2nd 2024
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