Influences and Echoes of Indonesia in Timor-Leste

Abstract

Since 1999, when a UN transitional administration was established in the wake of the vote for independence from Indonesia, the case of Timor-Leste has been a relative mainstay in research and policy debates on post-conflict reconstruction. Timor-Leste is often characterised by scholars as a 'post-conflict' country and, as a consequence, compared to other countries that have recently emerged from political strife.