Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Amidst the past two weeks of celebrations for Timor-Leste’s 25th anniversary ...

BANGKOK: May 20, marks a significant milestone in South-East Asia as the people of Timor-Leste proudly celebrate the Restoration of their Independence. Thr annual commemoration honours the ...

“It was not really an assassination attempt,” says José Ramos-Horta. Timor-Leste’s President is sitting on the breezy veranda of Galeria Memoria Viva, the seafront bungalow in capital city ...

LABUAN BAJO – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak made his debut appearance at the Asean Summit on Wednesday, pledging to undertake the steps in a road map towards full Asean membership ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Timor-Leste will become Asean’s 11th member state, with full membership to be granted at the next regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur later in 2025. Announcing this at a press ...

MANILA, Philippines — Former Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Dionisio Babo Soares said the Philippines should not use the case of fugitive expelled Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. as grounds to block Timor ...