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Timor-Leste ASEAN membership
How Timorese Women Perceive the Election of Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia
By Maria Manuela Leong Pereira and Li-Li Chen
While Dili has publicly welcomed the former general's election, other Timorese -- particularly women -- want justice for his role in past atrocities.
When Can Timor-Leste Expect to Become a Full Member of ASEAN?
By Joao da Cruz Cardoso
The young nation is being forced to surmount a much higher bar than past members of the Southeast Asian bloc.
The Problems With Bilahari Kausikan’s ‘ASEAN Realism’
By David Hutt
The outspoken former Singaporean diplomat's latest dispatch flies very wide off the mark.
Supporting Timor-Leste’s ASEAN Membership Should Be a Priority for Its Friends
By Melissa Conley Tyler and Parker Novak
Other countries can support Timor-Leste in the bureaucratic development needed to attend and contribute meaningfully to ASEAN’s numerous annual meetings.
Comprehending Timor-Leste’s Delayed Accession to ASEAN
By Mabda Haerunnisa Fajrilla Sidiq
For 11 years, ASEAN member states have advanced a number of rationales for delaying the admission of the region's youngest nation.
Why Indonesia is Backing Timor-Leste’s ASEAN Bid
By Patrick Dupont
In less than a decade, Timor-Leste has gone from being a “pebble” in Indonesia’s shoe to a “good neighbor” of its former ruler.
Getting Into ASEAN is ‘Harder Than Getting Into Heaven’
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with Kupa Lopes, Timor-Leste's ambassador to Cambodia.
Timor-Leste Denied Entry to ASEAN – For Now
By Luke Hunt
Dili has been told that membership could happen next year.
Timor-Leste Hopes to Join ASEAN When Indonesia Chairs in 2023
By Achmad Ibrahim and Niniek Karmini
The nation officially applied for full membership of ASEAN in 2011, but the rest of the bloc has yet to make a final decision.
It Is in ASEAN’s Strategic Interest to Admit Timor-Leste Now
By Truston Yu
If the nation is not admitted soon, it will fall further behind the 10 members of the Southeast Asian bloc.
Is Timor-Leste Ready to Join ASEAN?
By Joao da Cruz Cardoso
If membership means sacrificing the country's values, perhaps it would be better to remain on the outside.
Timor-Leste’s Bid for ASEAN Membership Tarnished by Myanmar Vote
By Luke Hunt
Abstention on the U.N. resolution is a “vote of shame,” says Nobel laureate.
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