ABSTRACT
In this essay, the authors-a researcher and consultant working in Indonesia and a co-director of the University of Queensland’s Rotary Centre for International Studies, respectively,
analyze some of the many political, economic and social challenges of East Timor’s transition to independence. In doing so, they scrutinizes the ethical dimensions of building peace in a territory devastated by the combined effect of Indonesia’s colonial occupation and the violent militia attacks of September 1999. They argue that the most diffi cult task ahead does not lie in the physical rebuilding of the territory-gargantuan as it may be-but in the more intricate
and long-term rehabilitation of a traumatized society. . . . If not managed carefully, the reconstruction process could further exacerbate existing societal tensions and complicate the search for peace and reconciliation. The essay, then, identifi es a number of crucial components necessary to counter such risks, including the need to promote popular participation in the rebuilding process. (p. 63)
1974. Doyle, Michael W. (1995). UN Peacekeeping in Cambodia: UNTAC’s Civil Mandate. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 115 pp.
