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Opinion and analysis on Papua and the Pacific. These pieces present the authors’ arguments rather than straight news reporting.

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Editorial: Attacks on Civilians in Papua Are Not a Liberation Struggle

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 27, 2026October 27, 20260

Editorial: This article sets out the view of Papua Movement’s editors. Over the past eight years, armed groups in Papua’s…

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Papuan Students Join Hospital Ship Diplomacy as Solomon Islands PM Asks for More Visits

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 22, 2026October 27, 20260

Papua Movement looks at the Indonesian hospital ship that treated 661 patients in Honiara, and why PM Matthew Wale wants it back every year.

Indigenous scholar presenting the Papua food resilience brief during a track-two diplomacy session
  • Opinion

A Pragmatic Shift: How Grassroots Human Security Outflanked Political Agitation in Melanesia

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 9, 2026October 24, 20260

Grassroots dialogue: Presenting the food resilience brief directly to local stakeholders. For decades, formal multilateral forums across Oceania have frequently…

Regional scholars engaging in intense discussion on customary land rights during the Papua Movement Talanoa dialogue
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Customary Land and Climate Staples: Balancing Indigenous Rights with Pacific Food Hub Plans

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 9, 2026October 24, 20260

Researchers in Suva critically scrutinizing regional agricultural expansion during the Talanoa dialogue. Large-scale agro-industrial projects across the Pacific frequently provoke…

Fijian academic delegates and civic leaders gathering at the Peninsula Hotel in Suva for the Papua Movement Talanoa session
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An MSG Food Reserve? Why Suva Academics Are Eyeing Papua for Regional Emergency Supplies

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 9, 2026October 27, 20260

Confronting Pacific Supply Fragility Across Melanesia and the wider South Pacific, island economies face mounting vulnerabilities from extreme weather events,…

Vanuatu youth delegates discussing educational mobility during the Papua Movement forum
  • Opinion

Scholarships Over Slogans: Why Educational Mobility Is Redefining Vanuatu–Indonesia Ties

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 9, 2026October 24, 20260

Youth leaders and civic delegates in Port Vila exploring academic pathways. Beyond Ideological Stagnation Political posturing in international forums has…

Indigenous Papuan scholars and Vanuatu civic delegates exchanging documents during the Papua Movement forum
  • Opinion

Beyond the Rhetoric: How Port Vila Challenged Pacific Views on Papua

Papua Movement Editorial TeamOctober 9, 2026October 24, 20260

Confronting Pacific Misconceptions For decades, digital advocacy campaigns across the South Pacific have portrayed eastern Indonesia as an isolated and…

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  • Opinion

Community Government and Military Synergy Drives Papuan Progress

Papua Movement Editorial TeamSeptember 30, 2026October 27, 20260

This article argues that development in remote Papua moves faster when local residents, the regional government and the military work…

Papua Movement analyzing separatist propaganda and protests outside the United Nations
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Unmasking the Terror: When Separatist Propaganda Justifies Civilian Murders

Papua Movement Editorial TeamSeptember 28, 2026October 27, 20260

Editorial: This article sets out the view of Papua Movement’s editors. This opinion piece argues that defending the killing of…

Papua Movement analyzing civilian reintegration and flag pledge ceremony in Puncak Jaya
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Beyond the Ceremony: Testing Disarmament and Reintegration in Puncak Jaya

Papua Movement Editorial TeamSeptember 27, 2026October 27, 20260

Four armed fighters handed over their weapons, including scoped rifles and handguns, at the military command headquarters in Mulia, Puncak…

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