Open figure viewer
Subject
Recent uptick in protests in Papua.
Significance
Security in restive Papua and West Papua provinces has deteriorated in the last seven weeks amid two waves of violent protests. Despite President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s new willingness to meet with Papuan pro-independence leaders, the government lacks a strategy for reducing tensions.
Impacts
Jakarta may be somewhat distracted from the Papua situation by student protests over anti-corruption reforms and a proposed new penal code.
Violence in Papua could harm Indonesia’s chances of gaining a seat on the UN Human Rights Council next week.
Despite the unrest, Canberra is unlikely to hesitate in ratifying an Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Keywords:
Indonesia,
AP,
Australia,
Solomon Islands,
United Nations,
Vanuatu,
international relations,
politics,
social,
government,
guerrillas,
legislation,
military,
police,
protest,
riot,
security,
referendum,
talks
© Oxford Analytica 2020. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites.
2019
You do not currently have access to this content.
