Internal and External Sources of Political Instability in East Timor

这个项目与澳大利亚有直接关系，因为澳大利亚提供双边和多边警察，协助维持东帝汶的法律和秩序，训练和支持东帝汶边境巡逻部队，以及训练和支持东帝汶国防军法林蒂-东帝汶国防军。该项目还涉及澳大利亚关注的核心问题：地区国家维护（或相反，潜在的国家失败）、与东帝汶和印度尼西亚的直接双边关系，以及这三个国家之间的三角关系。

This project is of direct relevance to Australia through its bilateral and multilateral provision of police to assist in the maintenance of East Timor's law and order, through its training of and support for the East Timor Border Patrol Unit, and its training and support of the East Timor defence force, Falintil-FDTL. The project also goes to the core of Australia's concerns with regional state maintenance (or conversely, potential state failure), direct bilateral relations with both East Timor and Indonesia, and the triangular relationship between these three states.