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

Strating, Rebecca

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9814818402 ISBN 13 : 9789814818407

Editeur : ISEAS, 2018

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rebecca Strating is a lecturer in politics in the Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ISEAS
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9814818402
• ISBN 13: 9789814818407
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 402
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne