ABSTRACT

This article investigates the transformation of the FALINTIL guerrilla organisation into the national armed forces in post-independence Timor-Leste. It focuses on how these former rebels interpret and legitimise their role in a changed socio-political environment vis-à-vis other national security actors as well as the population. By tackling the issue of the evolution of guerrilla organisations into formal security actors, the paper speaks to the recent research trend on the legacies of rebel governance, as well as the field of civil-military relations. Based on a qualitative interview case study, it argues that the behaviour of the state security actors, and their respective understanding of their role within the Timorese state, have been determined by internalised socialisation practices of their past. It becomes clear, that particularly the armed forces struggled with their constitutionally limited role on matters of national defence but strove to expand their role into domestic security affairs.

摘要

本文调查了东帝汶独立后 FALINTIL 游击队组织向国家武装部队的转变。它侧重于这些前叛乱者如何解释和合法化他们在变化的社会政治环境中相对于其他国家安全参与者和民众的作用。通过解决游击队组织演变为正式安全参与者的问题，本文谈到了最近关于反叛治理遗产以及军民关系领域的研究趋势。基于定性访谈案例研究，它认为国家安全行为者的行为，以及他们对自己在东帝汶国家中的作用的各自理解，是由他们过去的内化社会化实践决定的。很明显，