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While OSI and OSINT may offer considerable potential when employed to produce information on foreign countries, they are totally dependent on the researchers\u2019 and analysts\u2019 understanding of the target country\u2018s history, politics and society. A research project on the BAM (Baikal\u2010Amur Mainline) Railway in eastern Siberia provides a practical example of OSI. The project involved researching a book on the BAM (Baikal\u2010Amur Mainline) Railway in eastern Siberia using OSI alone as it was impossible to visit the region. The 3,084km BAM traverses an almost unpopulated region which had been virtually closed to Westerners since it became a major gulag zone in the 1930s. Once the book\u2019s research was underway, it became clear that much of the English language published material was ill\u2010informed and contradictory. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the relaxation of travel restrictions, it was possible to validate the information gathered. 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