ARTICLES

11 Apr 2023

Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain: Tax Reforms for Timor-Leste’s Trade Integration with ASEAN

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy|Pham Thi Phuong Thao

Timor-Leste’s prospective ASEAN membership will potentially deliver both the benefits of expanded trade and losses in trade tax revenues. The latter can be avoided through a clear-cut strategy of tax reforms along with a trade-related adjustment programme.

ASEAN Timor-Leste

13 Feb 2023

Widodo Government Acknowledges Gross Human Rights Violations Happened: The Unstoppable Erosion of a Fundamental Taboo

Max Lane

President Joko Widodo’s recent acknowledgement of certain human rights violations in Indonesia took many by surprise. It may prove to kickstart a true national reckoning with one of the darkest periods of the country’s history.

8 Feb 2023

Why is Timor-Leste Important for ASEAN?

João da Cruz Cardoso

João da Cruz Cardoso emphasises the strategic importance of Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Timor-Leste

25 Jul 2022

No Room at the Inn? ASEAN Should Not Delay Timor-Leste’s Membership

Julia Lau

Timor-Leste hopes to become a fully-fledged ASEAN member in 2023 when Indonesia takes over as ASEAN Chair. The regional grouping should allow its admission, even if embracing this newest member, the most democratic in the region by some measures, might prove to be uncomfortable.

ASEAN Timor-Leste

2 Jun 2022

Timor Leste’s New President: Polarisation Defused or Postponed?

Max Lane

The victory of Dr Jose Ramos Horta in Timor’s recent presidential elections has done little to defuse the political polarisation that has afflicted the country in recent years.

Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Elections

7 Mar 2022

Timor-Leste’s Presidential Elections: A Quiet or Rowdy Neighbour for Indonesia?

Max Lane

There have been contentions in Timor Leste’s political landscape in the run-up to the presidential elections. But Indonesia has less to worry about, given that political parties across the spectrum support strong relations with Jakarta.

Indonesia Indonesia Foreign Policy Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Elections