CNRT party leader and former independence fighter, Xanana Gusmao, on the campaign trail in Dili, Timor Leste.. AP Photo/Lorenio L. Pereira 26 maio 2023 Timor-Leste election offers an extraordinary lesson in how to build a stable democracy Geoffrey Swenson, City, University of London After 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule and decades of hostile occupation by Indonesia, Timor-Leste is a flourishing stable democracy.
original. AAP/Antonio Dasiparu 27 agosto 2019 Twenty years after independence, Timor-Leste continues its epic struggle Sara Niner, Monash University Timor-Leste has had a long and violent history of struggle for self-determination, and while there is much to celebrate, there is also still much to do.
The central element of the Timor Sea dispute seems far from resolved. AAP/Caroline Berdon 24 maio 2018 Australia’s deal with Timor-Leste in peril again over oil and gas Rebecca Strating, La Trobe University e Clive Schofield, University of Wollongong Despite a breakthrough on boundaries in the Timor Sea, the crucial question of how the shared oil and gas are to be developed remains unresolved.