research

peer-reviewed articles

  1. Siddiqui, Niloufer, Drew Stommes, and Zoha Waseem. 2024. “Illicit Gains and State Capture: Political Party Extortion in India and Pakistan.” World Development 183: 1-14.

  2. Stommes, Drew, P Aronow, and Fredrik Sävje. 2023. “On the reliability of published findings using the regression discontinuity design in political science.” Research & Politics, 10(2): 1-12.

  3. Milliff, Aidan and Drew Stommes. 2023. “Descriptive representation and conflict reduction: Evidence from India’s Maoist rebellion.” Journal of Peace Research, 60(5): 807-822.
    • Runner Up, 2023 Nils Petter Gleditsch Award (Best article of 2023 in JPR)

  4. Staniland, Paul and Drew Stommes. 2019. “New data on Indian security force fatalities and demographics.” India Review, 18(3): 288-323.

working papers

  1. Stommes, Drew. 2025. “Explaining Armed Political Party Violence: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India.” Revise & Resubmit.

  2. Goldstein, Daniel, and Drew Stommes. 2024. “Who Should Fight? Experimental Evidence on Policy Corrections to the Unequal Costs of U.S. Wars.” Revise & Resubmit.

  3. K.R., Varun, Aidan Milliff, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Political Parties and The State in Civil Wars.” Submitted.

  4. K.R., Varun, Sudhir Singh, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Political Exit: The Unintended Effects of Electoral Rules in India.” Submitted.

  5. Stommes, Drew. 2024. “When and How Does Women’s Representation in Government Affect Political Party Violence?”

  6. Kuipers, Nicholas, Gareth Nellis, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Mass Education and Intergroup Conflict in India.”

  7. Stommes, Drew. 2024. “Do political parties matter for voter turnout during civil wars? Evidence from three rebellions in India.”

in-progress

  1. Stommes, Drew. 2024. Armed Political Parties and Their Violence. (book project).

  2. Milliff, Aidan and Drew Stommes. “Overseeing Counterinsurgency: How and When Legislators in India Hold Security Forces Accountable.”

  3. K.R., Varun, Sudhir Singh, and Drew Stommes. “Roads and Rebellion: The Effects of State Infrastructure Development on Maoist Insurgent Violence.”