ForewordAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsList of Figures and TablesIntroduction Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine LobnerPart 1: Political Process, Internal-External Constellations and Meta-Analysis1 ASEAN in the Making: Centralities and Peripheries Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner2 Timor-Leste’s Membership of ASEAN: The Political Process and Its Discontents Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner3 ASEAN and Timor-Leste: An Analysis of Decision-Making Dynamics Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine LobnerPart 2: Neighbors and Kin, Big Men and Brothers, and the Ecumene at Large4 Is There an Endless Search for New (Overseas) Younger Brother(s)? Timor-Leste and Its Ecumenic Ambitions Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner5 ASEAN and Timor-Leste: A Discourse on Centrality, Sociopolitical Negotiations and Relationships Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner6 Neighbors and Kin: ASEAN as an Ecumene? Reality Constructions from a Timorese Perspective Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner7 Disputing Centralities amidst Covid-19: The Triangular Relationship of ASEAN, China and Timor-Leste Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes, Nadine Lobner and Kaian LamPostscript: Timor-Leste ASEAN Membership: Rethinking the Debate Ariel Mota AlvesIndex