Timor as a failed state: a slap in the face for ASEAN?
Within days of the first-ever ASEAN defence ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 9th May 2006, Timor Leste went into a freefall of violence and mayhem. This tiny state, situated just on ASEAN's eastern doorstep, won its independence from Indonesia in 2002 following a UN-sponsored referendum in...
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Format: | Commentary |
Language: | English |
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2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82207 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39921 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
Summary: | Within days of the first-ever ASEAN defence ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 9th May 2006, Timor Leste went into a freefall of violence and mayhem. This tiny state, situated just on ASEAN's eastern doorstep, won its independence from Indonesia in 2002 following a UN-sponsored referendum in 1999. But it has been struggling to be a viable nation-state ever since. |
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