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Military Coups: Likely Third World Targets

Military Coups: Likely Third World Targets

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In this episode of Agency Archives, Cipher and Nova explore a 1986 CIA paper that analyzes 30 key indicators to predict which Third World countries are most vulnerable to military coups. Through insights into social, political, and economic factors, they reveal the agency’s methods for assessing global instability.


"The most dangerous thing in the world is the insatiable need of the powerful to impose order on the powerless."
Noam Chomsky


Resources Used:

  • https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87T01127R000500430008-8.pdf
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