direct diplomacy
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February 13, 2016
Crowdfunding platforms encourage civic participation in global affairs.
Ottawa is putting more money into a project aimed at communicating directly with Iranian citizens as it looks to apply a similar strategy in other countries including Russia and parts of Iraq and Syria.