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What New Revelations About the Nord Stream Attack Can Remind Us About Analytical Biases

undefined and Director of Analysis at RANE
Sam Lichtenstein
Director of Analysis at RANE, Stratfor

Aug 15, 2024 | 18:41 GMT

A recreational sailing yacht suspected of use in the sabotage of undersea gas pipelines stands in dry dock on the headland of Bug on Ruegen Island on March 17, 2023, near Dranske, Germany.
A recreational sailing yacht suspected of use in the sabotage of undersea gas pipelines stands in dry dock on the headland of Bug on Ruegen Island on March 17, 2023, near Dranske, Germany.

(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

In a high-profile article published late on Aug. 14, The Wall Street Journal provided the latest and arguably most detailed publicly available account that Ukraine was responsible for sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines under the Baltic Sea in late September 2022. If we assume the validity of information that has now come to light, we can identify at least three analytic biases that we should always be aware of....

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