East Timor: A Betrayed People Fight for Freedom - Australian Foreign Policy

East Timor: A Betrayed People Fight for Freedom
For most people, except possibly those who live in the region and its proximity, East Timor is a distant, fledgling nation not easily located on a map. Apart from its residents and immediate neighbours, its experiences are known to a few and since it possesses neither size nor geopolitical significance it is no surprise that its existence is largely overlooked. Australia, albeit with self-interest in mind, has failed to defend the poor, helpless people of East Timor through the bureaucratic means of foreign policy. …