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John Sifton: If Tokyo and Brussels and Paris and London and all the rest of them, together, make demands about what needs to happen…

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
If Tokyo and Brussels and Paris and London and all the rest of them, together, make demands about what needs to happen going forward toward the next democratic exercise, if they make credible warnings to Hun Sen about the price of not meeting those standards, he will cave.
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John Sifton

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Sifton discusses international pressure on Hun Sen for democratic reforms.

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