Cynthia G. Irmer talks with Joe Grieboski about Conflict on a global and personal level.

Dr. Irmer is a conflict specialist and attorney. As a Sr. Conflict Prevention Officer with the US Department of State's office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, she leads inter-agency teams conducting conflict analyses in pre- and post-conflict countries, collaborates with interagency planning teams to promote prevention and mitigation of conflict and provides training for US Government users of an interagency conflict analysis methodology. She has designed and implemented projects to mitigate conflicts within and among communities, governments, and opposition forces through mediation, facilitated dialogue and other "alternative dispute resolution" techniques in Europe, the US, SE Asia and Africa.