Research

Books and Booklets
  • Jill Baggerman, Esra Cuhadar, and Kristen Wall, (2025). Monitoring Dialogue in Conflict- Affected Contexts: A Guide for Practitioners. Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Publications.Download here from alliance for peacebuilding: https://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publications/monitoring-dialogue-conflict-affected-contexts
  • Esra Cuhadar, Resistance to Women Negotiators and Mediators: Reflections from the Field (in preparation)
  • Ronald Fisher, Margarita Tadevosyan, Esra Cuhadar (2023). The USIP Learning Agenda: An Evidence Review Track 2 Dialogues. Washington DC, United States Institute of Peace Publications.https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/Track-2-Dialogues-Evidence-Review-Paper.pdf
  • Esra Cuhadar and Burcu Gultekin Punsmann. (2012). Reflecting on the Two Decades of Bridging the Divide: Taking Stock of Turkish-Armenian Civil Society Activities. Ankara: TEPAV Publications.
  • Esra Cuhadar, Understanding Resistance to Inclusive Peace Processes, USIP PeaceWorks, March 2020.
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
  • Esra Cuhadar, Daniel Druckman. (2025) Inclusive Commissions and Durable Peace:  Lessons Learned from the Liberia Peace Processes (1990-1996) and (2003)” International Political Science Review, accepted for publication. 
  • Esra Cuhadar and Daniel Druckman. (2023). Let the People Speak! What kind of Civil Society Inclusion Leads to Durable Peace? International Studies Perspectives, online publication, August. (SSCI)
  • Sinem Uluturk Cinbis and Esra Cuhadar. (2023). Leader’s reaction to exogenous political shocks breaks the path: Changes in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership traits after the e-memorandum and AKP closure cases, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 23, 3: 607- 629. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar. 2023. Women’s inclusion in peace mediation: innovation in response to resistance, Accord, London, UK: Conciliation Resources. https://rc-services-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/Accord_30_Still_Time_to_Talk_-_Adaptation_and_innovation_in_peace_mediation_0.pdf
  • Esra Cuhadar. (2021) Cognitive Frames of Track Two Practitioners: How do They Affect (Best) Practice? International Negotiation, vo. 26, issue 1, 102-124
  • Esra Cuhadar, Julie Kaarbo, Baris Kesgin, and Binnur Ozkececi. (2020). Turkish leaders and their foreign policy decisionmaking style: a comparative and multi-method perspective, Turkish Studies, vol. 22, (1), 1-27. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar and Thania Paffenholz. (2020) Transfer 2.0: Applying the Concept of Transfer from Track Two Workshops to Inclusive Peace Negotiations. International Studies Review, vol. 22, issue 3, 651-670. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar. (2019). Enlarging the Negotiation Table with Business Sector Actors: Who, How, and with What Effect?
    International Negotiation, vol. 24, no. 1.
  • Esra Cuhadar. (2019) Inclusion and the ‘Kurdish Resolution Process’ in Turkey. In Accord Special Issue, Navigating inclusion in peace processes, UK: Conciliation Resources.
  • Esra Cuhadar, Juliet Kaarbo, Baris Kesgin, Binnur Ozkececi-Taner. (2017) “Personality or Role? Comparisons Of Turkish Leaders Across Different Institutional Positions.” Political Psychology, vol. 38, no. 1, 39-54. (SSCI).
  • Esra Cuhadar, Ronit Kampf. (2015) “Does Conflict Content Affect Learning from Simulations? A Cross-National Inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian and Guatemalan Conflict Scenarios.” Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, Volume 8, Number 4, Pages 243–260. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Orkun Genc, Andreas Kotelis. (2015) “A Greek-Turkish Peace Project: Assessing the Effectiveness of Interactive Conflict Resolution.” Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2015.1020141. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Ronit Kampf. (2015) “Do computer games enhance learning about conflicts? A cross- national inquiry into proximate and distant scenarios in Global Conflicts.” Computers in Human Behavior 52, 541-549. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Juliet Kaarbo, Baris Kesgin, Binnur Ozkececi. (2015) “Examining Leaders’ Orientations to Structural Constraints: Turkey’s 1991 and 2003 Iraqi War Decisions.” Journal of International Relations and Development, 20 (1): 29-54. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Ronit Kampf. (2014) “Learning about Conflict and Negotiations through Computer Simulations: The Case of PeaceMaker.” International Studies Perspectives, vol. 15, 142-162. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Bruce Dayton. (2012) “Oslo and its Aftermath: Lessons Learned from Track Two Diplomacy.” Negotiation Journal. April, 155-179. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Bruce Dayton. (2011) “The Social Psychology of Identity and Intergroup Conflict: From Theory to Practice.” International Studies Perspectives, vol. 12, pp.273-293. (SSCI)
  • Esra Cuhadar, Meliha Altunisik. (2010) “Turkey’s Search for a Third Party Role in the Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts: A Neutral Facilitator or a Principal Power Mediator?” Mediterranean Politics, vol. 15, no. 3. (SSCI)
  • Esra Çuhadar. (2009) “Assessing Transfer from Track Two Diplomacy: The Cases of Water and Jerusalem.” Journal of Peace Research, vol. 46, no. 5. (SSCI)
  • Esra Çuhadar-Gürkaynak. (2007) “Track Two Diplomacy from a Track One Perspective: Comparing the Perceptions of Turkish and American Diplomats.” International Negotiation, Vol. 12, no. 1.
  • Esra Çuhadar Gürkaynak. (2007) “Turkey as a Third Party in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Assessment and Reflections.” Perceptions, vol 12, no. 1.
  • Esra Çuhadar-Gürkaynak, Binnur Özkeçeci-Taner. (2004) “Decision-Making Process Matters: Lessons Learned from Two Turkish Foreign Policy Cases.” Turkish Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, Summer. (SSCI)
Chapters in Books

  • Esra Cuhadar and Efe Tokdemir. (2022) Catisma Surecleri: Yeni Savaslar ve Baris Insasi. Derleyen Basar Baysal. Uluslararasi Iliskilerde Guvenlik. Istanbul: Bilgi Universitesi Yayinlari.
  • Esra Cuhadar and Thania Paffenholz. (2017) What’s a Constructive Peace Process? Inclusion in Peace Negotiations. In Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively: Cases, Concepts, and Practice, B. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg (eds.). Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Esra Cuhadar and Thania Paffenholz. (2017) Barış ve Siyasi Geçiş Dönemi Müzakerelerinde Kapsayıcı Yaklaşımların Uygulamaları ve Sonuçları. Derleyen Ayşe Betül Çelik, Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Barış Süreçleri.. Istanbul: Bilgi Universitesi Yayinları.
  • Esra Çuhadar (2017). Kolombiya Barış Süreci. Dünyada ve Türjiye’de Barış Süreçleri. Derleyen Ayşe Betül Çelik, Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Barış Süreçleri. Istanbul: Bilgi Universitesi Yayinları.
  • Esra Cuhadar and Dan Druckman. (2014) Representative Decisionmaking: Democratic peace theory in light of constituency constraints. In Handbook of International Negotiation: Interpersonal, Intercultural, and Diplomatic Perspectives, Mauro Gallucio (ed.). New York: Springer.
  • Cuhadar, Esra. (2012) Toplumsal temas: Önyargı ve ayrımcılığı önlemek için bir sosyal değişim aracı olarak kullanılabilir mi? Kenan Çayır ve Müge Ayan Ceyhan (der.), Ayrımcılık: Çok Boyutlu Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
  • Cuhadar, Esra. (2011) Dış Politikada ‘Karar Birimleri’ Açısından Karar Alma Süreçleri ve Türkiye Örneği. Ertan Efegil, Rıdvan Kalaycı, Müge Aknur, (der.), Dış Politika Analizi ve Türk Dış Politikası Cilt II. Nobel Yayınevi.
  • Druckman, D., E. Cuhadar, N. Beriker, and B. Celik. (2010) Representative Decision Making: Constituency Constraints on Collective Action. In Psychological and Political Strategies for Peace Negotiation, Francesco Aquilar and Mauro Galluccio (eds.). New York: Springer.
  • Fox, K., M. Schonewille, and E. Cuhadar. (2010) Lessons from the Field: First Impressions from Second Generation Negotiation Teaching. In Venturing Beyond the Classroom: Volume 2 in the Rethinking Negotiation Teaching Series, C. Honeyman, J. Coben, and G. de Palo (eds.). Saint Paul, MN: DRI Press.
  • Cuhadar, Esra and Andreas Kotelis. (2009) Cyprus: A Divided Civil Society in Stalemate. In T. Paffenholz (ed.), Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Approach. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Cuhadar, E. and S. Hanafi. (2009) Israel and Palestine: Civil Societies in Despair. In Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Approach, T. Paffenholz (ed.). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Cuhadar, Esra (2009) Çatışma Ortamlarında Üçüncü Şahısların Uzlaşma Amaçlı Müdahaleleri ve Çeşitleri. (Third Party Intervention Mechanisms in Conflicts), In Çatışmadan Uzlaşmaya: Kuramlar, Süreçler ve Uygulama, Beriker, Nimet (der.) Istanbul: Bilgi Universitesi Yayınları.
  • Esra Çuhadar, Bruce Dayton, and Thania Paffenholz. (2008) Evaluation in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding. In A Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Sean Byrne, Dennis J.D. Sandole, Ingrid Sandole-Staroste, and Jessica Senehi (eds.). London and New York: Routledge.
Commentaries and Other Publications
  • How Women Mediators Overcome Resistance: Innovative Strategies from the Field, Istituto Affari Internazionali Commentary, 2 August 2024
  • Designed and hosted the podcast series “The Arduous Path to Peace: Unpacking the Dynamics of Inclusion in Peace Processes.” Available at the United States Institute of Peace Soundcloud.
  • “To Sustain Hopes for Peace in Ukraine, Keep an Eye on Turkey” (with Juan Diaz-Prinz) United States Institute of Peace, 28 April 2022.
  • Do Personalities Change when Prime Ministers Become Presidents?” (with Juliet Kaarbo, Baris Kesgin, Binnur Ozkececi-Taner), (editorial for an online blog on studies concerning presidential power, edited by Prof. Robert Elgie), published on 4 May 2016.
  • Problem Solving Workshops. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Peace, N. Young (ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Israel-Palestine Peace: Unofficial Efforts. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Peace. N. Young (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • “Varieties of Mediating Activities and their Complementarity in the Cyprus Conflict” (2005) Regional Development Dialogue, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring. (United Nations Center for Regional Development) with Oya Memişoğlu.
Book Reviews
  • Ç. Esra Çuhadar and Monica Rafael Simoes, (2013). Notes from NOREF and İhsan Doğramacı Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research: Summary and Reflections on the Turkish and Norwegian Approaches to the Arab Spring and Peace-building, All-Azimuth: Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace Research, vol. 2, issue 1.
  • Review of “Building Trust: Overcoming Suspicion in International Conflict,” by Aaron Hoffman. International Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 2007.
Work in Progress
  • Resistance to inclusion in peace processes, ongoing (book manuscript)
  • Inclusive peace commissions, procedural justice and durable peace (with Dan Druckman)