Istočni Timor: ostvarenje državnosti uprkos i uz pomoć spoljnih i unutrašnjih aktera
East Timor: The Path to Statehood in Spite and with The Assistance of External and Internal Actors

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the East Timor’s path to independence and statehood. Also, based on the relevant literature and personal author’s experience, the article reviews and analyses the conflict which was present during East Timor’s efforts to gain independence as well as the international community’s activities related to this conflict. Due to a long period during which this conflict occurred, it is possible to identify different method and approaches to its solution in different historical periods and especially, the different approach of the United Nations during the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. Also, it is possible to identify the changes in the proclaimed values which motivated the international community to act in these two historical periods. The conflict in East Timor in 1999 also deserves academic attention, especially in Serbia, as it is closely related to the conflict in the former Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. The correlation between these two conflicts is not reflected only in the fact that both conflicts were on-going almost at the same time, but also in the promotion and application of principles by major international actors in these two conflicts.

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