%T Finding partners: Timor-Leste’s evolving security ties with Southeast Asia %A Natalie Sambhi %I Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy %D 2019 %K International relations, %K International security, %K Strategic interests %U https://apo.org.au/node/235036 %X This paper explores how Timor-Leste’s sense of geopolitical vulnerability, as a young democracy in an increasingly rivalrous region—when coupled with a number of pressing domestic imperatives—has played a key role in shaping its strategic outlook. %9 Report