Australia's military intervention in East Timor, 1999
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2009
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Pietsch, Samuel
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This thesis argues that the Australian military intervention in East Timor in 1999 was motivated primarily by the need to defend Australia’s own strategic interests. It was an act of Australian imperialism understood from a Marxist perspective, and was consistent with longstanding strategic policy in the region. ...¶ Australia’s insertion of military forces into East Timor in 1999 served its own strategic priorities by ensuring an orderly transfer of sovereignty took place, avoiding a destabilising power vacuum as the country transitioned to independence. It also guaranteed that Australia’s economic and strategic interests in the new nation could not be ignored by the United Nations or the East Timorese themselves. There are therefore underlying consistencies in Australia’s policy on East Timor stretching back several decades. Despite changing contexts, and hence radically different policy responses, Australia acted throughout this time to prevent political and strategic instability in East Timor.¶ ...
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east timor, foriegn policy, foriegn policy australia, international relations, indonesia, imperialism, Howard doctrine, Marxism, arc of instability, humanitarian intervention, deputy sheriff, US alliance, Australia Indonesia relations, critical international relations, South Pacific
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10.25911/5d7a2cf8c8cce