Table of Contents

1. Timor Leste: The Youngest Nation of Southeast Asia  2. People and Culture  3. History and politics of the pre-Portuguese to ‘First Independence’ periods  4. The Indonesian "Custody" of East Timor  5. On the road to full independence: United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor  6. The new nation; the independent Democratic Republic of Timor Leste  7. Major political challenges to viable nation building: 2002-2007  8. Can Timor Leste survive as a truly independent nations?  9. The baby in the ICU: Timor Leste and nation building 

About the Author

Andrea Katalin Molnar is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University, USA.