Formation of "Nation State" in East Timor and its Intenational Enviroment

2002年5月，东帝汶在联合国的临时管理下经过两年半的时间成为一个独立的国家。我们对东帝汶的研究是在现实发生如此巨大变化的同时进行的，这使得很难获得官方批准的材料或数据。但是，不仅在东帝汶，而且在统治该地区23年的印度尼西亚和前宗主国葡萄牙，实地研究弥补了不足。我们的研究项目集中于近30年来围绕东帝汶非殖民化及其国际环境的政治经济和社会文化问题。在将于2002年9月完成的最后报告中，我们希望深入分析以下几点：（1）.东帝汶人如何在多种族和文化社会中建立和加强其民族认同？(2)海外华人在东帝汶经济发展中扮演什么样的角色？（3）如何在不同意识形态和社会文化背景的政治精英之间实现和解？（4）与周边大国的关系。印度尼西亚曾残酷地统治东帝汶，此后两国关系对内部、区域稳定与和平至关重要。两国关系的现状和未来前景如何？

East Timor is becoming an independent country in May 2002 after two and a half years under UN's tentative administration. Our research on East Timor was carried out coincident with such a drastic change of reality which made it rather difficult to obtain officially authorized materials or data. But shortcoming was offset by field research not only in East Timor, but also Indonesia which ruled the region for 23 years and also Portugal, former suzerain country. It was a great luck to obtain J. Jollifee Collection, a well-known collection on modern East Timor.Our research project focused on politico-economic and socio-cultural problems surrounding decolonization of East Timor and its international environment in the past 30 years. In the final report to be completed in September 2002, we wish to deepen our analysis on the following points : (1).How do East Timorese esitablish and strengthen their national identity in multi-ethnic and cultural society? (2) What is a role played by and expected to Overseas Chinese in economic development of East Timor? ; (3) How can they make reconciliation among political eltes who have different ideologies, and socio-cultural backgrounds? And (4) Relations with a neighboring big country. Indonesia, which had ruthlessly ruled East Timor and their relations hereafter would be crucial for internal,regional stability and peace. And what is the present status of bi-national relations and its future perspectives?