Silent witness: Australian intelligence and East Timor

Pacific Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-62

  Ball, Desmond ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian defence and foreign policy; Australian intelligence organizations; East Timor

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL SECURITY;

AUSTRALIA; EAST TIMOR;

EID: 0035198901     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740010018552     Document Type: Article

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