Concluded Projets
- The State Building and State Failure Debate in International Relations: The Case of East Timor
- Selected Bibliographies
- Macao - A Revolving Platform between the PRC and Portuguese-speaking Africa
- Analysis and Monitoring of the Transition of the Special Administrative Region of Macao
- An Administration for Timor Lorosae
- Development Factors in the Pearl River Delta: Spatial Integration and Systemic Coherence
- Barometer of Business Relations between China and Portuguese-Countries: An Economic, Commercial and Cultural Approach
- Crisis and Migratory Policies: New Mobility Regimes Created by Golden Visa
The State Building and State Failure Debate in International Relations: The Case of East Timor
(2006-2011)
Coordination
Professor Nuno Canas Mendes
Research group
- Nuno Canas Mendes
- Mónica Ferro
- Reinaldo Saraiva Hermenegildo
- André Saramago
- Marco Vallino
Consultant
Armando Marques Guedes
Research group
State Building and State Fragility
Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Reference: PTDC/CPO/71659/2006
Goals
- To make an effective contribution to the theoretic debate on state building, fragility and failure.
- Use and refine the methodology for identifying and monitoring state failure and fragility.
- Analyse political, economic and sociological conditions in East Timor of relevance to this debate.
- Place these conditions in their proper regional and international context.
- Compare East Timor to similar cases in the region such as the Solomon Islands or Papua New Guinea.
- Assess the United Nations' role in state building missions and the real impact of international administration of East Timor.
- Disseminate the research project's findings to other academics and the general public, using channels, such as the internet, social networks, articles, books, conferences and seminars.
Project results
- Publication of the final report entitled “Dimensions of State Building: Timor-Leste in Focus”.
- Creation of a Facebook page entitled State Building Monitor and a blog called State Building and State Fragility Monitor.
- Master's thesis entitled “Entre a Intervenção e a Autodeterminação: As Administrações Partilhadas como Modelo de Construção de Estados”, by André Saramago.
- Master's thesis “’The Artists´ Role in the National Identity Building of East Timor, by Marco Vallino.
- Publication of the book “Understanding Timor-Leste”, co-authored by Nuno Canas Mendes, Michael Leach, Antero Benedito da Silva and Alarico da Costa Ximenes.
- Publication of the book “A Política Externa de Portugal para a PESC: O Caso de Timor-Leste”, by Reinaldo Saraiva Hermenegildo.
- Publication of the article “Timor-Leste: The Difficult Timorization of the Police”, co-authored by André Saramago and Nuno Canas Mendes and published in the IPRIS Bulletin.
- Publication of the article “A Participação de Portugal nas Missões de Paz das Nações Unidas: Um Veiculo para Projecção Internacional Portuguesa”, by André Saramago, in the proceedings of the First National Security and Defence Congress.
- Presentation “Fulfilling Their Role: States and ASEAN in a World of Inclusion and Competition”, co-authored by André Saramago and Nuno Canas Mendes, at the international conference A New Asian Century: Dynamics and Implications” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Publication of the article “President and Prime Minister. Twinning up and switching down”, by Armando Marques Guedes in Jornal Oficial da Presidência da República Democrática de Timor-Leste.
- Publication of the article “(Re)Formação do Sector de Segurança em Timor-Leste” co-authored by Mónica Ferro and Reinaldo Hermenegildo in Revista Militar.
- Publication of the article “A Reforma do Sector de Segurança em estados frágeis, o elo que falta” by Mónica Ferro and proceedings of the First Portuguese-Spanish Meeting on International Public Law and International Relations.
- Publication of the article “Timor-Leste, como se reforma um sector de segurança?”, by Mónica Ferro, in Jornal do Exército.
- Publication of the article “Timor Leste: Recalling 2010, Anticipating 2011”, por Reinaldo Silva Hermenegildo, published in the IPRIS –Lusophone Countries Bulletin: 2010 Review.
- Seminar on Portugal's Contribution to Building the State of Timor, at the Military Academy in May 2011, by Reinaldo Hermenegildo, in which Nuno Canas Mendes, Mónica Ferro and Armando Marques Guedes participated.