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

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
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Strating, Rebecca,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (402 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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