Abstract

HERMENEGILDO, Reinaldo Saraiva. The independence process of Timor-Leste: a retrospective analysis of Portugal’s role in the framework of the European Union. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2022, n.74, pp.55-71.  Epub June 30, 2022. ISSN 1645-9199.  https://doi.org/10.23906/ri2022.74a04.

This article advances a retrospective review of Portugal´s role in the European Union, especially within the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), considering the case analysis of Timor-Leste´s process of independence. The evolution of Portuguese foreign policy is exposed, in its various phases, since the establishment of democracy, an evolution that demonstrates the Europeanization of Portuguese foreign policy and its importance in East Timor’s independence process. This contribution analyses several factors and conditions that led to the resolution of East Timor issue and its link to Portugal’s role within the framework of the CFSP.

Keywords : Portuguese foreign policy; Common Foreign and Security Policy; East Timor.

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