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When successful arms control creates worse violations

The arms embargo I helped negotiate has stopped weapons from reaching the conflict zone, but now both sides are using child soldiers because they cannot access conventional weapons.

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You're grappling with how partial solutions can generate new forms of harm that make you question the entire framework of intervention.

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