Jason MacLeod

Jason MacLeod is a researcher and trainer at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, in Brisbane, Australia. He is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland.

The Indonesian Government: closing window for peace in West Papua

Just as Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhuyono was being feted globally for being a democrat, the Indonesian government was entrenching Papua’s reputation as Indonesia’s last bastion of authoritarian military rule. Now Peace Brigades International has finally been forced out.

By Jason MacLeod

/ 14 Mar 2011

West Papua: from morning star to mourning

Inspired by the US civil rights movement and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, the movement for democratic self-determination in West Papua is using new tactics of nonviolent action to advance its cause.

By Jason MacLeod

/ 15 Dec 2010

Papuan struggle enters new phase

The Papuan movement is acting with a new strategic maturity in its quest for autonomy, argues Jason MacLeod.

By Jason MacLeod

/ 26 Jul 2010