Land Warfare Studies Paper #304 Primary Responsibilities and Primary Risks: Australian Defence Force Participation in the International Force East Timor (2000) By Alan Ryan
 
The experience of acting as lead nation for the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) provided the greatest test yet of Australian Defence Force (ADF) capabilities and strategic direction. This monograph examines the process that the ADF played in helping to form and manage the coalition and deploy troops to East Timor. It concludes that INTERFET was successful but that, to provide for Australia’s security in an unstable region, the ADF needs to improve its ability to engage in multinational operations. Effective and positive engagement with the region will only be enhanced by developing a more conscious ‘whole-of-government’ approach to national security that recognises that Australian security cannot be guaranteed by a unilateral approach to the defence of the country’s interests. The crisis in East Timor reconfirmed that Australia’s interests remain bound up with its regional neighbours and its traditional alliance partners.
 
Soft Cover
146 pages
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