President Trump, you will be larger than life if you draw some lessons from John F Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, strength yes, but exercise it with wisdom and compassion, at home and abroad.
Timor-Leste and its Australian critics: A credibility gap exposed
Damien Kingsbury’s recent piece, Timor-Leste appears to abandon sustainability, recycles tired tropes from Australian academics bent on safeguarding Canberra’s interests in the Timor Sea.
Regional integration, democracy, and prosperity
Speech by
President of the Republic José Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Laureate (1996)
at the "10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit."
It is always a real pleasure to set foot on this land of a great ancient civilization. I first visited India on a personal basis in April 1992, having spent more than a week in Dharramsala.
Leapfrogging into 2030 – Options and Opportunities for Timor-Leste
In 2015, governments of all nations, civil society, and humanity as a whole took a giant stride by adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - ambitious, forward-looking, and to be achieved through partnerships and consensus - with the aim of lifting people out of poverty, reducing inequalities, and addressing other issues that limit our potential; of safeguarding our planet, our only home, from climate change and human-induced disasters; of achieving prosperity for all, reducing inequalities, rebalancing consumption patterns, promoting equity and justice so that all individuals, regardless of their circumstances at birth, can thrive and prosper; fostering peaceful coexistence and a world without conflicts; and all of this to be accomplished through partnerships – equal, respectful, without distinctions based on the size of a country, with everyone having a voice and a stake in the future.