As a keen student of social history, Sisko was aware of the hardships faced by those living in the Sanctuary District.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-every-avery-brooks-character-sisko/

Bookended by a riveting Captain's Log explaining his decisions, Sisko reveals his conspiracy with Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) to fool Romulan Senator Vreenak (Stephen McHattie) into believing the Dominion planned to betray the Romulans.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-in-pale-moonlight-batman-1989/

Helping assassinate a Romulan Senator was just one of the morally dubious decisions Sisko made during the Dominion War.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-dominion-war-crimes-sisko-cardassians/

However, other than that, the allegories afforded to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by the Trill were never developed further and the possible attraction between Sisko and Jadzia is one example of these missed opportunities.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-dax-sisko-romance-dropped-good/

Immediately after meeting Garak, Julian is positively buzzing at having met "" to the amusement of Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks).

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-bashir-section-31-setup-beginning/

It was a rare occasion for Rom to play alongside DS9's entire senior staff, most of whom also knew nothing about baseball when Captain Sisko formed the Niners.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-rom-love-baseball-sisko-ds9/

Kai Winn was terrifyingly unsettling, with absolute, unquestioning conviction that placed her at direct odds with the Federation in general, and Captain Sisko as the Emissary in particular.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-best-supporting-characters-ranked/

Lofton has not canonically portrayed Jake Sisko since went off the air in 1999.

Source: https://screenrant.com/cirroc-lofton-jake-sisko-star-trek-ds9-comeback/

Now Lanzing, Kelly and Unzueta are giving fans their first proper look at the Tzenkethi – and it spells bad news for Captain Sisko.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-sisko-starfleet-theseus-tzenkethi-threat-idw/

Perhaps the conspiracy theorists feel that Sisko has been disappeared to suppress information about his substantial role in the Dominion War.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-sisko-disappearance-conspiracy-great-story/

Ro Laren's absence from Deep Space Nine resulted in the loss of a crucial element in the early relationship between Sisko and Kira, and oversimplified the story of Bajor's transition into Federation membership.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ro-laren-ds9-picard-changes/

This is the trauma Sisko has to face within Picard's ready room.

Source: https://gamerant.com/star-trek-why-did-sisko-hate-picard/

Whenended, Captain Sisko ascended to become one with the Prophets and left Jake behind.

Source: https://screenrant.com/cirroc-lofton-jake-sisko-star-trek-ds9-comeback/

Yet Q is a trickster, not entirely evil, and sometimes his schemes are designed to teach a lesson–and his appearance here is no different, giving Sisko insight into his crew and what he will need to break through to them.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-captain-sisko-q-punch-deep-space-nine/