The role of the united nations in East Timor's path to independence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony L Smith (ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 25-53 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185370108434190 |
| OpenAlex | W2083158028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
East Timor has been the subject of a substantial peace keeping and peace building operation. Will the role of the UN be judged a success? Despite the evident flaws in the operation, there is little doubt that the UN played an essential role in restoring peace and stability to East Timor. Even its most controversial episode, the 1999 ballot and surrounding violence, in hindsight, can be seen as a success given the constraints of the international environment at the time. The statements of leading Indonesian officials during 1999 betrayed an incorrect reading of the East Timor problem, and generally perpetuated the myth of a civil conflict between two politically opposed sides — the reality was that the violence was the near exclusive domain of the pro‐integrationist militia groups. East Timor has now undergone a massive reconstruction of infrastructure and aspects of governance, it has had constituent elections, and full independence is expected by mid‐2002
Ballot · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economics · Hindsight bias · Independence (probability theory · Indonesian · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Psychology · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2011 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |