Perpetrators and Methods of Transnational Repression and Possible Counter Strategies

Date Published

January 26, 2026

Citizen Lab senior research associate Emile Dirks will be attending a meeting on transnational repression (TNR) at the EU Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 28, during which Nate Schenkkan (lead author, independent researcher), Zselyke Csaky (senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform), Alexander Dukalskis (Assistant Professor at University College Dublin at the School of Politics and International Relations), and Dirks will present their report on transnational repression in the EU.

The report examines the perpetrators and methods of TNR within the EU and suggests potential counter-strategies for institutions to pursue. The authors recommend the development of an EU-wide definition of TNR and the creation of a central “knowledge hub,” alongside a number of other areas for action.

Read it here.