What, asks Ian Hunter, can we learn from the fact that on 30 May 2006, acting in his capacity East Timor’s President and head of state, Xanana Gusmao declared a state of emergency, assuming sole direction of the country’s armed forces and police, with the power to restrict freedom of assembly and movement? At the...

The liberal state and the security state are the Janus face of the same entity, writes Ian Hunter.