West New Guinea dispute

Target entity: West New Guinea dispute
Context triple: [Netherlands–Indonesia relations, keyEvent, West New Guinea dispute]

• A. Papua conflict
  The Papua conflict is a long-running separatist and human rights struggle in Indonesia’s eastern Papua region, involving clashes between pro-independence groups and Indonesian security forces.
• B. Borneo Confrontation
  The Borneo Confrontation was a mid-1960s undeclared conflict between Indonesia and the newly formed Malaysia, involving British Commonwealth forces in counter-insurgency and border security operations on the island of Borneo.
• C. Bougainville Civil War
  The Bougainville Civil War was a violent secessionist conflict in Papua New Guinea from 1988 to 1998, centered on disputes over the Panguna copper mine, environmental damage, and Bougainvillean independence.
• D. Indonesian occupation of East Timor
  The Indonesian occupation of East Timor was a period from 1975 to 1999 during which Indonesia annexed and ruled the former Portuguese colony amid widespread human rights abuses and armed resistance, ultimately leading to East Timor’s UN-supervised path to independence.
• E. Northern Territories dispute
  The Northern Territories dispute is a long-standing territorial conflict between Japan and Russia over a group of islands northeast of Hokkaido, which has prevented the two countries from signing a formal World War II peace treaty.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: West New Guinea dispute
Target entity description: The West New Guinea dispute was a post–World War II decolonization conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over sovereignty of the western half of New Guinea, ultimately leading to its transfer to Indonesian control in the 1960s.

• A. Papua conflict
  The Papua conflict is a long-running separatist and human rights struggle in Indonesia’s eastern Papua region, involving clashes between pro-independence groups and Indonesian security forces.
• B. Borneo Confrontation
  The Borneo Confrontation was a mid-1960s undeclared conflict between Indonesia and the newly formed Malaysia, involving British Commonwealth forces in counter-insurgency and border security operations on the island of Borneo.
• C. Bougainville Civil War
  The Bougainville Civil War was a violent secessionist conflict in Papua New Guinea from 1988 to 1998, centered on disputes over the Panguna copper mine, environmental damage, and Bougainvillean independence.
• D. Indonesian occupation of East Timor
  The Indonesian occupation of East Timor was a period from 1975 to 1999 during which Indonesia annexed and ruled the former Portuguese colony amid widespread human rights abuses and armed resistance, ultimately leading to East Timor’s UN-supervised path to independence.
• E. Northern Territories dispute
  The Northern Territories dispute is a long-standing territorial conflict between Japan and Russia over a group of islands northeast of Hokkaido, which has prevented the two countries from signing a formal World War II peace treaty.
• F. None of above. chosen