Australia’s agreement with Timor-Leste to settle a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea may have hit a snag as Timor-Leste’s politics is thrown into turmoil. On 30 August this year, the two countries announced they had reached the ‘central elements’ of an agreement to end a falling out over the disputed waters – and […]
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The ouster of president Viktor Yanukovych has ended an era of heavy-handed political rule in Ukraine, but it has ushered in a period of considerable instability. It would be distinctly optimistic to believe that the ending of Yanukovychs rule will lead to a Ukrainian liberal democracy. Among the mobs that occupied Independence Square and eventually […]