Better conflict prevention M.A. and MSc. Marzia Cimmino Italian doctoral researcher Marzia Cimmino is preparing a dissertation at the National Defence University on the early warning mechanism of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in the area of the former Soviet Union. Her goal is to improve instruments for foreseeing and analysing conflicts, so that conflicts could be prevented more easily. Doctoral Researcher, M.A. and MSc. Marzia Cimmino sits down at the National Defence University Library cafe and starts to talk about her research topic. She speaks a lot, and every now and then Cimmino makes sure that the interviewer is able to follow.