Essays about: "West Papua"

Found 5 essays containing the words West Papua.

  1. 1. The Shifting Power Dynamics Between Indonesia and West Papua in Global Discourse : Narratives in the 50s versus Now

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Mariam S. P. Bonson; [2023]
    Keywords : West Papua conflict; Power Relations; Narratives; Political Discourse;

    Abstract : This Study is concerned with the WP-Indonesia conflict and the development of its narrative since 1949 as well as the shifting in power dynamics. It reveals that the past decades have not changed the essential power dynamic of Indonesia holding the main power by portraying itself as the “protector,” while WP describes them as a “colonising power”. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Paradoxical Nature of Sovereignty as Symbolic Form : The International Community’s Complicity in Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in West Papua

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Sapphira Little; [2023]
    Keywords : West Papua; human rights abuses; international response; sovereignty as symbolic form;

    Abstract : Since West Papua’s integration into Indonesia in 1969, the Free West Papua Movement has been engaged in a struggle for independence from Indonesia. The indigenous people of the territory have endured murder, rape, and many other abuses. This thesis provides an account of Indonesia’s control over West Papua through a settler-colonial lens. READ MORE

  4. 3. Examining Mediation Onset in Recurring Conflicts

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Wera Terhaag; [2021]
    Keywords : Recurring Conflicts; Mediation; Mediation Onset; Indonesia; West Papua; Aceh;

    Abstract : After the Cold War, mediation as an armed conflict resolution process was thought to become an increasingly common tool to address even the most complex armed conflicts. Recurring conflicts especially should be the focus of mediation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Tensions between Sovereignty and Self-Determination Principles in the UN : UN's Ambiguity in relation to the West Papua Self-Determination Claims

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Syanthy Christianty; [2020]
    Keywords : Sovereignty; Self-determination; Classical colonial context; Unilateral Secession; West Papua;

    Abstract : Sovereignty and self-determination are two principles accepted by UN in the UN Charter and resolutions. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the tensions between sovereignty and self-determination principles in the UN and to increase understanding of how these tensions might have led to ambiguity in UN policy toward the West Papua case. READ MORE

  6. 5. On the Transnational Interaction Between Nationalist and Cosmopolitan Actors - The West Papua Example

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jens Bölling; Alice Johansson; [2006]
    Keywords : transnational advocacy networks; framing; cosmopolitanism; nationalism; West Papua; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As a reaction to the failing decolonization process in West Papua, Indonesia, in the 1960s, a domestic movement was created that demanded their right to an independent nation. In the decades to come, a transnational solidarity network responded to, and developed around, the West Papuan resistance. READ MORE