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

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

Strating, Rebecca

Paperback

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

Publisher Price: $44.85

ISBN10: 9814818402
ISBN13: 9789814818407
Publisher: Iseas - Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: Nov 30 2018
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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