Both countries claim overlapping parts of the Gulf of Thailand with potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves. There is a peaceful path to resolve the dispute.
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As violence escalates around the world, victims are increasingly looking for justice in domestic courts, rather than international ones.
Anthropologist Michael Rose speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how a official sounded the alarm about organised crime in Timor-Leste.
The first papal visit to the young nation since its independence has generated widespread excitement. Behind the T-shirts and fervour, the visit is politically significant.
On a remote stretch of border between Timor-Leste and Indonesia, a dispute over a remote hamlet is stirring memories of conflict many hoped was behind them.
After 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule and decades of hostile occupation by Indonesia, Timor-Leste is a flourishing stable democracy.
There are several ways Australia can support its northern neighbour, to the benefit of both countries.
New research on Australia’s statecraft shows the individuals behind official programs and policies are as important as the work itself.
If ties to democratic regimes in the Indo-Pacific region are to mean anything, Canada must look to smaller, poorer democracies and not only to the obvious partners — and become a human rights advocate.
Each night there is a series of fights. Each winner chicken will continuously fight to the next round until the last winner is announced.
The nation’s long-held desire to become an ASEAN member is at last moving - but exactly when and how it will achieve full membership remains unknown.
The lawyer and his client, Witness K, are accused of disclosing information related to a covert ASIS spying operation. These are the legal issues that are likely to be raised at trial.
Two decades after it helped the Timorese people gain their freedom, Canada would do well to provide a significant helping hand to the country again.
Timor-Leste has had a long and violent history of struggle for self-determination, and while there is much to celebrate, there is also still much to do.
The prosecution wants a closed trial, while the defence wants to keep secret only what’s necessary to protect Australia’s national security.
Canada’s clashes with Indonesia in the 1990s over human rights abuses contain lessons for the current Canadian-Saudi Arabian diplomatic dispute.
Prosecuting whistleblowers has the potential to further shake public confidence in Australia’s criminal justice system.
Targeting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste bugging case shows a government increasingly hostile to the media.
Despite a breakthrough on boundaries in the Timor Sea, the crucial question of how the shared oil and gas are to be developed remains unresolved.
Timor-Leste’s vibrant democracy is seen as a bright light in a troubled region, but political instability could threaten the progress it has made.
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Director, La Trobe Centre for Global Security, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, Human Rights Studies, King's University College, Western University
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Adjuct Lecturer, Adelaide University
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Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
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Professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, International and Political Studies, UNSW
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PhD Scholar National Security College, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Allan Myers Chair of Law/Professor of Law, Australian Catholic University
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Associate professor, Griffith University