Kyle Atwell
@AtwellKyle
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Competition brings out the best in us. Applies to personal life and politics. Chair @IrregWarfare | PhD @PrincetonSPIA | Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil
Joined June 2020
How can insurgent groups weaponize media coverage to shift global perception and even provoke intervention? In this new IWI analysis, Jacob Feinstein examines how the Kosovo Liberation Army used symbolism, sacrifice, and strategic timing to transform a local insurgency into a
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Please consider making a recurring $5 a month donation to Irregular Warfare Initiative (@irregwarfare). For the price of one cheap-beer or one fancy-coffee each month, we can continue to grow this resource for the community https://t.co/5aAzEnespt
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Ukrainian deep strike against Russian energy sector having an impact. Where #SOF & energy come together. https://t.co/a3IUq637Bf
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Why I love the Irregular Warfare Initiative (@IrregWarfare): where else would you get a serious and practical disquisition on William Shakespeare and his impact on irregular warfare? Brilliant stuff by Dr. John Hatzadony (@RabdanAcademy).
irregularwarfare.org
Shakespeare’s kings, usurpers, and rebels reveal powerful lessons about deception, loyalty, and narrative in modern irregular warfare.
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I'm honored to be named as an advisor to the Irregular Warfare Initiative Special Operations in Competition Team. I appreciate the opportunity to think and write deeply on such an important subject. https://t.co/UpzCsVcvrA
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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Yes, I’m a broken record on resilience. But it’s critical to mitigating America’s vulnerabilities to hybrid threats. My latest, w/ Kevin Stringer, in @smallwars on what the US can learn from Lithuania @BrookingsInst @IrregWarfare
smallwarsjournal.com
Facing 21st-century threats, America can draw critical lessons from Lithuania’s whole-of-society defense approach built on resilience and civic duty.
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In the day-to-day grind working with a team, dealing with inevitable challenges, its easy to lose sight of the wins Today I checked into the @irregwarfare site and saw a snapshot of the incredible content the team has created over the past week and a half. Amazing!
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The IWI Store has been relaunched in honor of our 5 year anniversary. Check it out. I just bought my new set of IWI whiskey glasses https://t.co/gEyQAkxYtn
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The Department of Defense’s new Instruction 3000.07 marks a quiet but historic shift. The 2014 Directive treated Irregular Warfare (IW) as strategically important alongside traditional warfare. The 2025 Instruction goes further—it institutionalizes IW across the full spectrum of
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Apply this week! Amazing networks, community, learning!
Last week to apply! The Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) Nonresident Fellows Program plays a vital role in bridging the gap between scholars and practitioners to advance the understanding and practice of irregular warfare. IWI Nonresident Fellows come from diverse
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IWI’s Dr. Kerry Chavez joined @NATOSouthernHUB & @NATOICICentre in Kuwait to discuss how disruptive tech is transforming conflict and empowering non-state actors. Excellent representation from our Air & Space Power team!
This week, @NATOSouthernHUB & @NATOICICentre hosted a Study Day on how non-state groups use emerging & disruptive tech in the Middle East. Experts from NATO, UN, academia & military shared insights to boost resilience & cooperation. #NATO #Strongertogether #TechThreats
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Agree w/ some of this article, disagree with other parts. A MUST READ REGARDLESS WHERE YOU LAND "Most SFA failures stem not from bad training or insufficient equipment, but from the absence of political clarity and strategic coherence" @JaharaMatisek
https://t.co/96e1nnONyu
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Loved participating in this event and was happy to be able to edit the final soundtrack found here
South America in Competition Conference: Bonus Episode 1 Episode 138 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast features a series of short conversations recorded during the 2025 South America in Competition Conference, co-hosted by the Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) and the Special
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The Irregular Warfare Initiative Nonresident Fellows Program — Applications Close Next Week! The Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) is accepting applications for the 2026 Nonresident Fellows Program through November 6. IWI Nonresident Fellows play a key role in advancing the
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My (final) likely opus article on security force assistance (SFA) with Dr. Will Reno…probably will be the last peer reviewed article I ever publish on military assistance and security cooperation since the Pentagon is killing off SFA basically: https://t.co/JcJ1qGDjVn
militarystrategymagazine.com
In this article, Matisek and Reno reframe Security Force Assistance as an instrument of statecraft, making it a strategic act, not a technical task. Drawing on Clausewitz and recent cases like Iraq,...
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Forthcoming publication by David Logan and I shows indirect conflicts (aka proxy wars) have increased significantly since 2000, while MIDs (low intensity direct conflicts) have remained relatively constant. Great power competition == proxy warfare
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