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All eyes on Timor Leste: juggling regional security sensitivities<br>
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Pedro Seabra<br>
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How should a small and fragile state cope with active interest in
its underlined strategic value for the entire region from several
surrounding neighbors? Moreover, how should such a country
skillfully handle contradictory defense considerations emanating
from a distinctive set of international security suitors without
antagonizing any of them? As straightforward as they may seem, these
are just some of the questions that today's policymakers must answer
in Timor Leste, a country exhibiting more and more signs of a
carefully designed security approach, based simultaneously on an
equidistance between every major player and occasional tokens of
commitment for a selective few.<br>
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