Tag: Timor-Leste

Uncertainty clouds Timor-Leste’s admission to ASEAN (Nuno Canas Mendes – East Asia Forum)

Timor-Leste's admission into ASEAN remains undecided due to concerns about its economic, social and geopolitical conditions, despite potential benefits of eased market access, security,...

Timor-Leste: comebacks and contests ahead of presidential elections (Michael Leach, The Interpreter)

After two years marked by Covid-19 and floods, Timor-Leste is now gearing up for presidential elections on 19 March. A runoff round for the top...

Timor-Leste defies the odds for stability in 2021 (Damien Kingsbury, East Asia Forum)

Following a period of parliamentary instability in 2020, Timor-Leste looked to chart a steadier political course in 2021. While the country continued to face...

Planning for progress in Timor-Leste (Joao da Cruz Cardoso, The Interpreter)

After two decades of independence, development in Timor-Leste is exemplified by growing economic activity in Dili, the country’s capital city. Businesses are emerging on...

Timor Leste – Timor-Leste’s floods and Covid lockdown aggravate political rifts (The Interpreter)

MICHAEL LEACH Mounting crises raise questions about infrastructure spending,the uses of oil wealth and the need for elite consensus. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/timor-leste-s-floods-and-covid-lockdown-aggravate-political-rifts

TIMOR-LESTE – Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 success and sweeping political change (Rui Graça Feijó, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/24/timor-lestes-covid-19-success-and-sweeping-political-change/