DILI, Timor-Leste— U.S. Army soldiers from the U.S. Army Pacific Command, 9th Mission Support Command and Task Force Oceania delivered medical supplies to medical staff at the U.S. Embassy on …
How Timor-Leste Escaped the Political ‘Resource Curse’
Asia’s youngest nation has shown that resource wealth does not necessary impede the development of a stable democracy.
Towards Climate-resilient Roads in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Together with the Government of Timor-Leste and the National University of Timor-Leste, ADB is conducting a study to examine climate …
Why Did Timor-Leste Sign a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership With China?
For Dili, upgrading relations with China is about giving itself as many options as possible for economic development. It is not about choosing China over Australia.
Young People Shape Sustainable Development in Timor-Leste
In 2002, a group of young people in Timor-Leste were asked to look ahead into the future and write down on a postcard what they hoped their country could achieve by the year 2020. Twenty years later …
China card played on Australia’s Timor-Leste front porch
The task for Labor’s Pacific diplomacy is now to win back the lost ground in the independent sovereign state that Australia helped to found.
Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta denies security part of high-level agreement with China
President Jose Ramos-Horta reassures Australia and Indonesia they can “always sleep at peace” while denying Timor-Leste discussed military cooperation with China in its recent upgrade of diplomatic …
A Generational Clash: Timor-Leste’s Political and Economic Future
Will the current structure and style of leadership in Timor-Leste beget economic policies for a sustainable future?
Dili’s China deal gives two fingers to Canberra
Timor-Leste will now form part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and both sides have agreed to high-level military interactions. China’s President Xi Jinping meets Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister …
China bolsters ties with gas-rich Timor-Leste
Leste’s Xanana Gusmao, promising greater economic cooperation, including possibilities for joint oil and gas exploration.