Protecting the national security of a country with over 700 kilometres of often desolate and remote coastline is a large undertaking. Eric Brandenburg, UNMIT's Chief and Special Adviser, Security Sector Support Unit, discusses how the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) and the Timor-Leste Defence Force (FFDTL) are doing just that, be it countering transnational crime such as illegal fishing or protecting resources such as the country's vast oil and gas deposits. He describes how an overarching national security policy should drive and support other important policies.

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