Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos n.º 12 - Año: 2018 - Págs.: 299 a 323 319 Luis Manuel Brás Bernardino & Álvaro António Moreira dos Santos The portuguese... continues to show unconditional support for the construction of the State of East Timor, especially in the field of Defence. In particular, with the insertion of Timorese military personnel in national contingents participating in UN-sponsored missions (Lebanon), Portugal has facilitated the projection of the image of Timor at internatio-nal level, the image of a state committed to international peace and security. This has contributed to the perception of the dynamics and the benefits of Portu-guese military cooperation in DSR, framed within the SSR of East Timor. This coo-peration has been made possible thanks to Portugal’s foreign policy in support of the construction of the State of East Timor, defining it as one of its main political-strategic priorities ... Long may this continue... Lisbon, 25 May 2018 Luís Manuel Brás Bernardino58 y Álvaro António Moreira dos Santos59 58 Luís Manuel Brás Bernardino is a Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry of the Portuguese Army, with a degree course in General Staff Management of the Portuguese Armed Forces. He has pursued postgraduate studies on Peace and War in New International Relations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL); he holds a Master’s Degree in Strategy from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) of the Technical University of Lisbon and a Ph. D. in Social Sciences in the speciality of International Relations from the same university. He is currently carrying out post-doctoral research on African Security and Defence Architecture at the Centre for International Studies of the Superior Institute of Labour and Business Sciences of the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE /IUL). He is a doctoral researcher at the Political Observatory, a member of the Directorate of the Military Magazine, a member of the International Relations Commission of the Geography Society of Lisbon, correspondent member of the Center for Strategic Studies of Angola (CEEA), associate researcher at the Lusíada University of Angola and member of the International Political Science Association. He regularly participates in national and international seminars and frequently publishes articles in specialised journals on security and defence issues in Africa. He is Doctorate Professor in the Department of Post-Graduate Studies at the Military Academy of the Portuguese Army. He participated in the 1st Training Team in 2001 in East Timor. 59 Álvaro António Moreira dos Santos is Artillery Commander of the Portuguese Army, with a degree from the Armed Forces General Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces. He studied at the Military Academy, specialising in Artillery, complemented by a special promotion programme to Commander at the Military University Institute of the Portuguese Armed Forces. He is currently assigned to the General Staff of the Intervention Brigade (Coimbra), combining his functions with the completion of a Master’s Degree in International Relations, Peace and Security Studies, at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. He is also an associate researcher at the Centre for Research, Innovation and Development of the Military Academy of the Portuguese Army (CINAMIL). As an Army Captain, in 2011, he was part of the 13th Portuguese Training Team in East Timor.
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