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Security sector reform in Timor-Leste : missed opportunities and hard lessons in empowering the host-nation / Nicholas J. Armstrong, Jacqueline Chura-Beaver, Isaac Kfir.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Nicholas J., author.
- Chura-Beaver, Jacqueline, author.
- Kfir, Isaac, author.
- Series:
- PKSOI papers
- PKSOI paper
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Timor-Leste.
- United Nations.
- Postwar reconstruction--Timor-Leste.
- Postwar reconstruction.
- Security sector--Timor-Leste.
- Security sector.
- Peacekeeping forces.
- Timor-Leste.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 60 pages) : illustration.
- Place of Publication:
- Carlisle, PA : Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012.
- Summary:
- In 1999, the people of East Timor voted, overwhelmingly, against a proposal that would make their island an autonomous province of the Republic of Indonesia. Though it appeared that all of the factors for a successful transition from conflict to peace and stability were present and it was expected that establishing a new state would be fairly straightforward, surprisingly, to the International Community, this was not the case. This paper examines the United Nation's (UN) efforts in Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) as an important case for the study of SSR and postconflict stabilization and reconstruction. The authors argue that, despite presumed favorable conditions especially when contrasted against other contemporary peace support operations, the SSR program has failed. The paper begins with a brief history of the UN's efforts at SSR in Timor-Leste and then presents an analytical framework to assess these efforts based on the Guiding principles for stabilization and reconstruction, co-authored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. Using this framework, the paper highlights several critical junctures where the international community could have better leveraged and empowered the host-nation to improve reform outcomes.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Fits and starts : UN-led SSR in Timor-Leste
- The USIP/PKSOI Guiding principles for stabilization and reconstruction
- Case analysis
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "April 2012."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-60).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (PKSOI website, viewed May 11, 2012).
- OCLC:
- 793418122
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