COMMENTARY: By Yamin KogoyaSixty years ago today — on 15 August 1962 — the fate of a newly born nation-state West Papua was stolen by men in New York. The United Nations’ responsibility was to provide a “full measure of self-government” to those nations colonised by foreign powers. West Papua at a crossroadsWhat role will West Papua play in the current geopolitical tussle between the West and China is impossible to predict. According to Wenda, the plight of West Papua to determine its own fate is clouded by the current geopolitical intrigues between the West and China. Yamin Kogoya is a West Papuan academic who has a Master of Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development from the Australian National University and who contributes to Asia Pacific Report.