Papua and Neglect on the Conflict-Development Nexus

Ignoring the conflict-development nexus will only weaken security and stability and disrupt the future development of Papua.

The killing by armed criminal groups (KKBs) of eight employees of a telecommunications company, including the son of a tribal chief, and the stabbing of a worker at a construction project for social services house in Intan Jaya have only blurred the image of the conflicts in Papua.

Since the government declared KKBs as terrorists in April 2021, violent incidents and armed conflicts have been steadily on the rise.