East Timor, Australia and Regional Order - Intervention and Its Aftermath in Southeast Asia

Informationen zum Autor James Cotton is a highly respected Australian academic who has written extensively about Asian politics and political thought. A Professor at the University of New South Wales, he is the author of over 150 publications and currently acts as consulting editor of the Australian Journal of International Affairs . Klappentext This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity. Zusammenfassung This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. East Timor and Australia: The 25-year policy legacy 2. Australian Relations with Indonesia and the East Timor Issue 3. The Failure of Indonesian Policy 4. The East Timor Intervention, Humanitarian Norms and Regional Order 5. Australia's East Timor Commitment: Causes and consequences 6. Australia's East Timor: The official version and its critique 7. Outcomes: Peacekeeping lessons, security dilemmas, bi-lateral tensions 8. Independent Timor-Leste in a Regional and Global Context

Product details

• Authors: James Cotton, James S Cotton, Cotton James
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2004
• EAN: 9780415335805
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33580-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Politics in Asia; Politics in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, International Relations, South East Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General