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Book SynopsisASEAN, as being on the very core of this matter, deserves close attention through the case of Timor-Leste for understanding international strategic inclusion-exclusion dynamics. The manuscript we provide tackles this case through a small country ‘in-between’ the core global actors of economic and political concern: Timor-Leste as a ground for grasping large-scale complexities in decision-making processes, as much as the micro-understanding and dynamics of a small country ‘within the game’ – if not even on the forefront.
Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Figures and Tables Introduction Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner Part 1: Political Process, Internal-External Constellations and Meta-Analysis 1 ASEAN in the Making: Centralities and Peripheries Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 2 Timor-Leste’s Membership of ASEAN: The Political Process and Its Discontents Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 3 ASEAN and Timor-Leste: An Analysis of Decision-Making Dynamics Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner Part 2: Neighbors and Kin, Big Men and Brothers, and the Ecumene at Large 4 Is There an Endless Search for New (Overseas) Younger Brother(s)? Timor-Leste and Its Ecumenic Ambitions Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 5 ASEAN and Timor-Leste: A Discourse on Centrality, Sociopolitical Negotiations and Relationships Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 6 Neighbors and Kin: ASEAN as an Ecumene? Reality Constructions from a Timorese Perspective Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 7 Disputing Centralities amidst Covid-19: The Triangular Relationship of ASEAN, China and Timor-Leste Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes, Nadine Lobner and Kaian Lam Postscript: Timor-Leste ASEAN Membership: Rethinking the Debate Ariel Mota Alves Index
