Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor

This is an essential book for any one interested in the way that New Zealand formulates and carries out its foreign policy. It is also a stark reminder that New Zealand, a founder member of the United Nations, a vocal supporter of decolonisation and a country much-praised for its peacekeeping effor...

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Main Author: Matt Mollgaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2007-04-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
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Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/893
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spelling doaj-77fcac4c8d0e462cb00aa1e1787d5cea2020-11-25T03:35:54ZengPacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352007-04-0113110.24135/pjr.v13i1.893Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East TimorMatt Mollgaard This is an essential book for any one interested in the way that New Zealand formulates and carries out its foreign policy. It is also a stark reminder that New Zealand, a founder member of the United Nations, a vocal supporter of decolonisation and a country much-praised for its peacekeeping efforts all over the world has not always been willing to take a moral stance when balancing trade, security and human rights. Maire Leadbeater has produced the most detailed account so far of New Zealand's involvement in the tragedy that engulfed East Timor during and after the 1975 Indonesian invasion of the former Portuguese colony.  https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/893New Zealandforeign policyEast Timorcrisispolitics
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Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor
Pacific Journalism Review
New Zealand
foreign policy
East Timor
crisis
politics
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author_sort Matt Mollgaard
title Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor
title_short Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor
title_full Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor
title_fullStr Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor
title_full_unstemmed Tenacious, sad account of NZ complicity on East Timor
title_sort tenacious, sad account of nz complicity on east timor
publisher Pacific Media Centre
series Pacific Journalism Review
issn 1023-9499
2324-2035
publishDate 2007-04-01
description This is an essential book for any one interested in the way that New Zealand formulates and carries out its foreign policy. It is also a stark reminder that New Zealand, a founder member of the United Nations, a vocal supporter of decolonisation and a country much-praised for its peacekeeping efforts all over the world has not always been willing to take a moral stance when balancing trade, security and human rights. Maire Leadbeater has produced the most detailed account so far of New Zealand's involvement in the tragedy that engulfed East Timor during and after the 1975 Indonesian invasion of the former Portuguese colony. 
topic New Zealand
foreign policy
East Timor
crisis
politics
url https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/893
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