After the crisis: Nation-building challenges in East Timor

鉴于国际稳定部队干预的重大承诺，东帝汶的民族和国家建设仍然是澳大利亚决策者的高度优先事项。本项目将审查危机后东帝汶的三个关键国家建设议程，重点关注2009- 2011年期间国家权力下放、与传统当局不断发展的关系以及危机后冲突解决方案等关键领域。通过这样做，该项目将有助于更好地理解国家失败的先决因素，直接联系最近澳大利亚政府对“脆弱国家”的政策关注，以及它们破坏地区安全环境稳定的潜力。

Given the substantial commitment of International Stabilisation Force intervention, nation and state building in East Timor remains a high priority for Australian policy makers. This project will examine three key nation-building agendas in post-crisis East Timor, focusing on the key areas of decentralisation of state authority, evolving relationships with traditional authorities, and post-crisis conflict resolution programs, over the period of 2009-11. In so doing, the project will contribute to a better understanding of antecedent factors to state failure, linking directly with recent Australian government policy concerns over 'fragile states', and their potential to destabilise the regional security environment.