Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Matt Crook DILI, Sep 23, 2010 (IPS) – Calls by fragile states for greater focus on addressing conflict and fragility have been largely ignored in the outcome document of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit in New York, but critical donors are at least listening to the [...]
POLITICS: East Timor-Australia Urged to Dialogue Over Gas Fields
May 6, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Matt Crook DILI, May 6, 2010 (IPS) – The prickly issue of where to pipe and process gas from the Timor Sea between Australia and East Timor must be resolved through open dialogue, say members of civil society in East Timor. "Don’t keep it deadlocked – it will [...]
DEVELOPMENT: East Timor, Fragile States Compare Notes on Aid
April 2, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matt Crook DILI, Apr 2 (IPS) – When the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations hold meetings, the first thing many people think of is protests. But when the g7 – with a lowercase G – get together for their first meeting in East Timor next week, it could [...]
EAST TIMOR: Seasonal Changes Cause for Alarm
October 20, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matt Crook DILI, Oct 20 (IPS) – If you order a beer, sit back and relax at one of the expat bars dotted along the coastal Pantai Kelapa road in this capital, you cannot help but notice the view: the stony beach, the swimming children and the grounded fishing [...]
EAST TIMOR: UN Helps to Mitigate Disaster Risk
June 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Matt Crook DILI, Jun 24 (IPS) – Disasters happen regularly in East Timor, but until now, the institutions called on to deal with them have struggled to effectively react to seasonal events that impact thousands of Timorese lives every year. "We are yet to be truly prepared to [...]
