A Handbook offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of Papua, Indonesia, cutting through its complex history, contemporary politics, security dynamics, and development challenges. Moving beyond fragmented narratives, the volume provides a holistic framework for understanding the evolving relationship between the Indonesian state and indigenous Papuan society. Each chapter delivers rigorous analysis and critical interventions grounded in extensive empirical research and deep engagement with existing scholarship. Essential reading for students and scholars across political science, international relations, development studies, and anthropology, this handbook is equally vital for practitioners working on conflict resolution, women’s empowerment, and grassroots community development in Papua.

Rosita Dewi is a distinguished scholar affiliated with the Research Centre for Politics at the National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia. She has conducted research on Papua since 2005, focusing on indigenous governance, conflict, peace studies, and resource politics. She is a co-author of Papua Road Map: Negotiating the Past, Improving the Present, and Securing the Future (2009). She successfully completed her doctoral studies at Kyoto University, in 2017, with a dissertation examining adat recognition and the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) in Papua. Her recent publications is "The Paradox of Papuan Recognition After Two Decades of Special Autonomy: Racism, Violence, and Self-Determination,"  featured in Advances in Southeast Asian Studies.

Muhamad Haripin is the co-editor of “Military Modernisation and Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), co-author of "The Army and Ideology in Indonesia: From Dwifungsi to Bela Negara" (Routledge, 2021), and author of "Civil–Military Relations in Indonesia: The Politics of Military Operations Other Than War" (Routledge, 2020). His research focuses on civil-military relations, security sector reform, military politics, intelligence studies, and foreign policy. He holds a doctoral degree from the Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.