Table of Contents

1. Timor Leste: The Youngest Nation of Southeast Asia 2. People and Culture 3. History and politics of the pre-Portuguese to ‘First Independence’ periods 4. The Indonesian "Custody" of East Timor 5. On the road to full independence: United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor 6. The new nation; the independent Democratic Republic of Timor Leste 7. Major political challenges to viable nation building: 2002-2007 8. Can Timor Leste survive as a truly independent nations? 9. The baby in the ICU: Timor Leste and nation building

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Northern Illinois University, USA