The Post-Colonial Security Dilemma : : Timor-Leste and the International Community / / Rebecca Strating.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Strating, Rebecca,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Struggle for Recognition: Territorialization, Self-determination and the Imagining of "East Timor" --; 3. The Politics of Recognition: East Timor and the International Community --; 4. Establishing Legitimacy: International State-building in East Timor --; 5. Timor-Leste's Aspirational Foreign Policy --; 6. Identity Hedging: Timor-Leste's Engagement with Intergovernmental Organizations --; 7. Timor-Leste's National Security Agenda --; 8. Securing Economic Sovereignty --; 9. International Reconciliation and Transitional Justice --; 10. Conclusion: Timor-Leste in the Changing Regional Order --; Postscript --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814818414; 9783110719550; 9783110606775
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814818414
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rebecca Strating.

This book examines the development of Timor-Leste's foreign policy since achieving political independence in 2002. It considers the influence of Timor-Leste's historical experiences with foreign intervention on how the small, new state has pursued security. The book argues that efforts to secure the Timorese state have been motivated by a desire to reduce foreign intervention and dependence upon other actors within the international community. Timor-Leste's desire for 'real' independence - characterized by the absence of foreign interference - permeates all spheres of its international political, cultural and economic relations and foreign policy discourse. Securing the state entails projecting a legitimate identity in the international community to protect and guarantee political recognition of sovereign status, an imperative that gives rise to Timor-Leste's aspirational foreign policy. The book examines Timor-Leste's key bilateral and multilateral diplomatic relations, its engagement with the global normative order, and its place within the changing Asia-Pacific region.