East Timor's Emerging National Security Agenda: Establishing “Real” Independence

Strating, Rebecca

doi:10.1080/14799855.2013.832212

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“…To accelerate the economic growth in Timor-Leste, choosing cooperation with the Chinese government is the right strategy (Huntley and Hayes 2000). Strating (2013) believes that the position of Timor-Leste after its independence (Hood 2006) requires administrative support, including strengthening international relations for sustainable development. Several previous studies have shown that post-independence Timor-Leste has focused on improving the economy (O'Connor et al 2012;Tanter 2000).…”

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The Livelihood of Chinese Migrants in Timor-Leste

2022

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This article aims to describe, in depth, the experiences of migrant workers from China in maintaining their livelihoods in Timor-Leste through entrepreneurial activities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this study discusses sustainable livelihoods with the knowledge of migration, adaptation, and entrepreneurship in Timor-Leste. To fulfill these aims, a qualitative methodology with a phenomenological approach was adopted by interviewing eight Chinese migrants who run businesses in Timor-Leste. Furthermore, the framework for the concept of sustainable livelihoods of the Department for International Development (DFID) was adapted to explain, in depth, the phenomena. The finding reveals that economic reasons encourage and attract Chinese migrant workers and entrepreneurs to Timor-Leste. The adaptation process of migrants in Timor-Leste relies on social capital to synergize with local communities in terms of culture, further affecting the comfort and security of entrepreneurship. From the perspective of sustainable livelihoods, migrant workers take advantage of human capital in the process of accumulation of financial capital to enhance their business activities. Meanwhile, migrant entrepreneurship expands their financial capital and human capital into social capital, physical capital, and natural capital. The findings also explain that the mobility and access to financial capital of Chinese migrants are supported through institutional structures, entrepreneurship activities, and policies. Furthermore, to ensure livelihood sustainability and business, Chinese migrants in Timor-Leste can carry out business intensification, extensification, diversification, and transformation strategies.

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The Livelihood of Chinese Migrants in Timor-Leste

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The Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship: Enhancing Bilateral Relations at the Expense of Justice

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International justice is characterized by the global articulation of basic human rights and peremptory norms outlawing crimes against humanity.In the twenty-first century, an international obligation o f states to pursue individuals who bear responsibility for gross violations o f human rights has formalized. Since the 1999 independence referendum, Timor-Leste has struggled to achieve substantive justice for the human rights violations committed during Indonesia's 25-year de facto administration. TimorLeste provides a unique case study on the international dimensions of pursuing justice in a post-conflict transitional context, particularly as m any alleged perpetrators o f rights violations have been shielded by Indonesia. This presents a challenge for Timor-Leste in balancing its various international and domestic priorities: while domestic political order and rule o f law necessitates the pursuit o f substantive justice, Timor-Leste's external security interests require a positive relationship with Indonesia. This article examines the world' s first bilateral Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission o f Truth and Friendship. It then analyses the implementation o f the Commission's recommendations by Indonesia andTimor-Leste. The paper argues that the Commission was primarily a political mechanism designed to support international priorities rather than substantive justice.

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East Timor's Emerging National Security Agenda: Establishing “Real” Independence

Cited by 2 publications

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The Livelihood of Chinese Migrants in Timor-Leste

The Livelihood of Chinese Migrants in Timor-Leste

The Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship: Enhancing Bilateral Relations at the Expense of Justice

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