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100 1 _aSIMONSEN Sven Gunnar
245 _aThe role of East Timor's security institutions in national integration - and disintegration/
_cSven Gunnar Simonsen
260 _c2009
520 _aExamines the interplay between security sector developments and national unity in East Timor since the Indonesian occupation ended in 1999. It argues that the independence and the guerrilla force Falintil had been an important focus of East Timorese national unity in 1999. This article also find that new initiatives aimed at reforming East Timor's military and police forces appeared to be lacking in both depth and relevance for addressing the country's new level of internal division, and its immediate, internal security challenges.
650 _aEAST TIMOR
_xPOLITICS
650 _aEAST TIMOR
_xMILITARY FORCES
650 _aEAST TIMOR
_xPOLICE FORCES
650 _aEAST TIMOR
_xNATION BUILDING
773 _aThe Pacific Review:
_gVol.22 No.5 December 2009, pp.575-596
598 _aTIMOR
945 _i28723-1001
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