the Australian-led and US-backed intervention in East Timor. Following the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the collapse of the Suharto regime in Indonesia, Washington and Canberra shifted ...

He has commanded at each level from platoon, company, combat team, battalion, battle group, brigade, and joint task force, to leading 36,000 people in the Australian Army’s Forces Command. Combat ...

This reliance on China has triggered fears about Beijing’s intentions in East Timor, and what it could mean for the United States, which has stepped up its troop presence in the Australian port ...

The Indonesian Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in East Timor (KPP-HAM) visited Dili in December and January; the defense team for Indonesian army officers considered possible ...

East Timor has also issued rights to mine gold to joint ventures between Timorese companies and Australian miners, and started exploring onshore natural gas in central and eastern Timor ...

Dr Rodger Shanahan is a former army officer and Middle East ... East Timor, Lebanon during the 2006 war and Afghanistan. He also served in Defence Attache positions in the Australian Embassies ...

with the PBG in East Timor, in Beirut during the 2006 war, and in Afghanistan. He was the former director of the Army's Land Warfare Studies Centre, and has also been posted to the Australian ...