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Australia and East Timor during the Howard Years: An International Law Perspective

Australia and East Timor during the Howard Years: An International Law Perspective Australia and East Timor during the Howard Years: An International Law Perspective Stuart Kaye I. Introduction A significant international event during the life of the Howard government was the emergence of an independent East Timor. The troubled former Portuguese territory had been under Indonesian control since its occupation by the Indonesian army in 1975, and few would have predicted in 1996 when the Howard government was elected that within seven years Timor-Leste would be an independent state and the subject of the largest Australian military effort since the Vietnam War. This article considers the principal aspects of Australia’s interaction with East Timor during the Howard years: the role of Australia in East Timor’s independence; and the negotiation of a new regime for petroleum exploitation on the continental shelf between Australia and Timor. Both are examples of an essentially Australian foreign policy, where the interests and pressures of Australia’s allies abroad exerted little impact upon government policy: something for which the Howard government was often not, in the popular mind at least, known for pursuing. II. Australia’s Role in East Timor’s Independence In 1996, Australian policy towards East Timor was essentially as it had been since the late 1970s. After http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Year Book of International Law Online Brill

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0084-7658
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10.1163/26660229-027-01-900000006
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Australia and East Timor during the Howard Years: An International Law Perspective Stuart Kaye I. Introduction A significant international event during the life of the Howard government was the emergence of an independent East Timor. The troubled former Portuguese territory had been under Indonesian control since its occupation by the Indonesian army in 1975, and few would have predicted in 1996 when the Howard government was elected that within seven years Timor-Leste would be an independent state and the subject of the largest Australian military effort since the Vietnam War. This article considers the principal aspects of Australia’s interaction with East Timor during the Howard years: the role of Australia in East Timor’s independence; and the negotiation of a new regime for petroleum exploitation on the continental shelf between Australia and Timor. Both are examples of an essentially Australian foreign policy, where the interests and pressures of Australia’s allies abroad exerted little impact upon government policy: something for which the Howard government was often not, in the popular mind at least, known for pursuing. II. Australia’s Role in East Timor’s Independence In 1996, Australian policy towards East Timor was essentially as it had been since the late 1970s. After

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The Australian Year Book of International Law Online – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

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