Introduction The Papua Problematique; 1: Papua: A Political Portrait; 2: Papua as a Geopolitical Trophy, 1945–1962; 3: Papua and Indonesia: The Ties that Do Not Bind, 1962–2007; 4: Papuan Nationalism and the Struggle for Nationhood since 1998; 5: The Geopolitical Implications of Papua’S Quest for Nationhood and the Road Ahead