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  • 29 Mar 2018
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Indonesia

    Timor Trough: the rumpled carpet on the sea floor

    Brendan Duffy
    A Timor Sea maritime boundary beyond the median line was never reasonable.
  • 7 Mar 2018
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste

    Timor Gap: a boundary, yet disputes linger

    Bec Strating , Clive Schofield
    A landmark agreement has not yet resolved Timor-Leste's urgent need for the Greater Sunrise development.
  • 6 Mar 2018
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Indonesia

    The Timor Trough – two separate shelves

    John Carlson
    In maritime boundary negotiations with Indonesia, Canberra argued the seabed between Australia and Timor comprised two separate continental shelves.
  • 16 Feb 2018
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste

    How Australia crossed a line in the Timor Sea

    Kim McGrath
    Canberra had evidence supporting Indonesia’s claim in maritime boundary negotiations – yet buried it.
  • 12 Jan 2018
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Indonesia

    Revisiting the 1972 seabed boundary negotiations with Indonesia

    Hugh Wyndham
    Making a judgement in the present about events in the past is fraught with difficulties.
  • 22 Nov 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • Timor-Leste

    Timor Sea dispute: progress and prospects as a deal emerges

    Bec Strating
    The bitter feud between Australia and Timor Leste is edging closer to resolution.
  • 15 Nov 2017
    • Timor-Leste

    Review: Shameful lust for riches under the Timor Sea

    Michael Rose
    Greed for resources steered five decades of Australia's policy towards East Timor.
  • 23 Oct 2017
    • Timor-Leste

    Timor-Leste: A return to belligerent democracy?

    Michael Leach
    Timor-Leste is at risk of losing the hard-won ground of political stability forged over the last decade.
  • 15 Sep 2017
    • Timor-Leste

    Timor-Leste heads for minority government

    Michael Leach
    With this change in leadership, Timor Leste meets a key measure of democratic consolidation.
  • 5 Sep 2017
    • Timor-Leste

    The Timor Sea breakthrough

    Bec Strating
    An expedient negotiated settlement with Australia was in the interests of oil-dependent Timor-Leste.
  • 17 Aug 2017
    • Asean
    • Timor-Leste

    Timor-Leste’s critical window on ASEAN

    Bec Strating
    Should Timor-Leste not become the 11th ASEAN member by the end of 2017, momentum may be lost and ascension indefinitely delayed.
  • 27 Jul 2017
    • Timor-Leste

    Timor-Leste elections a significant milestone

    Georgina Downer
    Despite the economic and development challenges ahead, the Timorese people are incredibly optimistic about their future.
  • 13 Apr 2017
    • Timor-Leste

    As maritime agreement with Australia dissolves, Timor-Leste left exposed

    Bec Strating
    Without an agreement, Timor-Leste will be left with very few sources of revenue outside its $16 billion petroleum sovereign wealth fund.
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