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FERNANDES, Clinton. Australia’s Policy Successes in Timor-Leste. Estud. Asia Áfr. [online]. 2022, vol.57, n.3, pp.453-475.  Epub 06-Feb-2023. ISSN 2448-654X.  https://doi.org/10.24201/eaa.v57i3.2783.

An independent Timor-Leste posed a dilemma for Australian foreign policy. On the one hand, Australia led the multi-national military coalition that restored peace in 1999, and had an obvious interest in ensuring that its newest neighbour was self-reliant and stable. On the other hand, independence negated three decades of Australian diplomatic effort to control the oil and gas resources of the Timor Sea. Accordingly, Australia accepted Timor-Leste’s formal independence but tried to influence key aspects of its internal and external policies using foreign aid, espionage and other instruments of statecraft.

Palabras llave : Australian foreign policy; imperialism; espionage; foreign aid; Timor-Leste.

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