Information on "East Timor / Timor Leste"
October 2012
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Oct 2012
Dealing with Private Security Companies
Author: Marc von Boemcken
Publisher: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
While there is evidence to suggest that private security companies can help foster economic growth and ease the burdens of public security providers, the still inadequate regulation of these companies tends to create problems. More on «Dealing with Private Security Companies»
July 2012
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5 Jul 2012
Timor-Leste Celebrates a Decade of Independence
Author: Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares, Hugo Fernandes
Publisher: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
This policy paper examines the state of nation building in Timor-Leste today and the significance of the 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections for the country and Southeast Asia as a region. More on «Timor-Leste Celebrates a Decade of Independence»
April 2012
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Apr 2012
Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States
Author: Christina Bennett
Publisher: International Peace Institute (IPI)
The report draws lessons-learned for the UN and others from the first generation of transition compacts in support of post-conflict peacebuilding, focusing on case studies from Afghanistan, the DRC, Iraq, Liberia, and Timor-Leste. More on «Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States» -
Apr 2012
Assessing the Risk of Violence in Timor-Leste’s 2012 Elections
Author: Richard Bowd
Publisher: Saferworld
This study discusses the potential for electoral violence during the pre and post-election period in Timor-Leste. More on «Assessing the Risk of Violence in Timor-Leste’s 2012 Elections»
February 2012
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21 Feb 2012
Timor-Leste’s Elections: Leaving Behind a Violent Past?
Author: International Crisis Group
Publisher: International Crisis Group
Timor-Leste’s 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections will be an important step in consolidating the relative stability the country has enjoyed since recovering from the 2006 crisis, but a number of security risks deserve continued attention. More on «Timor-Leste’s Elections: Leaving Behind a Violent Past?» -
Feb 2012
People’s Peacemaking Perspectives: Timor-Leste
Publisher: Saferworld
This policy brief examines the risk of instability in Timor-Leste in the run-up to the 2012 elections. More on «People’s Peacemaking Perspectives: Timor-Leste»
January 2012
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2012
Wahlen in Timor-Leste: Feuerprobe für Sicherheit und Konsolidierung
Author: Janina Pawelz, Henri Myrttinen
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Die politische Arena in Timor-Leste ist auch nach den Wahlen von 2012 fest in der Hand der bisherigen politischen Elite. More on «Wahlen in Timor-Leste: Feuerprobe für Sicherheit und Konsolidierung»
December 2011
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Dec 2011
Commercial Security and Development
Author: Marc von Boemcken, Michael Ashkenazi
Publisher: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
An important argument of this brief is that the phenomenon of commercial security forces us to reconsider some of the contentions underlying the so-called ‘security–development nexus’. More on «Commercial Security and Development»
November 2011
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18 Nov 2011
Timor-Leste’s Veterans: An Unfinished Struggle?
Author: International Crisis Group
Publisher: International Crisis Group
The briefing examines attempts by the young state of Timor-Leste to recognize and honor those who fought for its independence. More on «Timor-Leste’s Veterans: An Unfinished Struggle?»
August 2011
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Aug 2011
International Contributions to State-building in Timor-Leste
Author: Rebecca E Engel, Luiz F Vieira
Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF)
The paper critically examines the role of the international community in state-building in post-conflict East Timor. More on «International Contributions to State-building in Timor-Leste»
