Kyle Atwell
@atwellkyle.bsky.social
Here to learn/discuss all things irregular warfare, Army, national security, SOF.
Chair of IWI | PhD at Princeton | Senior Fellow Atlantic Council
Chair of IWI | PhD at Princeton | Senior Fellow Atlantic Council
Just finished reading.
Entrepreneurship by acquisition -- under serious consideration
Entrepreneurship by acquisition -- under serious consideration
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just finished reading.
Entrepreneurship by acquisition -- under serious consideration
Entrepreneurship by acquisition -- under serious consideration
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 IWI site and saw a snapshot of the incredible content the team has created over the past week and a half. Amazing!
Today I checked into the IWI site and saw a snapshot of the incredible content the team has created over the past week and a half. Amazing!
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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 IWI site and saw a snapshot of the incredible content the team has created over the past week and a half. Amazing!
Today I checked into the IWI site and saw a snapshot of the incredible content the team has created over the past week and a half. Amazing!
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
Great power competition == proxy warfare
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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
Great power competition == proxy warfare
Based on the DISC questionnaire, my ideal job fit is as a CEO! Let's see if I can convince others as much...
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Based on the DISC questionnaire, my ideal job fit is as a CEO! Let's see if I can convince others as much...
Got a new rig setup for a new era of the Irregular Warfare Podcast.
Let's go!
Let's go!
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Got a new rig setup for a new era of the Irregular Warfare Podcast.
Let's go!
Let's go!
Just finished reading. Acquiring a business feels a lot less intimidating after reading this succinct/easy-to-read playbook
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just finished reading. Acquiring a business feels a lot less intimidating after reading this succinct/easy-to-read playbook
Day 2 AUSA: sat on a panel with USASOC CSM JoAnn Naumann, Ryan Evans, and Joe Byerly. Amazing experience - discussed the role of professional writing among giants in the NATSEC space.
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Day 2 AUSA: sat on a panel with USASOC CSM JoAnn Naumann, Ryan Evans, and Joe Byerly. Amazing experience - discussed the role of professional writing among giants in the NATSEC space.
Day 1 AUSA: moderated panel with the CSA top articles of the year authors. Solid convo, great audience.
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Day 1 AUSA: moderated panel with the CSA top articles of the year authors. Solid convo, great audience.
If you are in the Army, and you care about the profession, this is the tool for you
www.hardingproject.com/p/friday-for...
www.hardingproject.com/p/friday-for...
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you are in the Army, and you care about the profession, this is the tool for you
www.hardingproject.com/p/friday-for...
www.hardingproject.com/p/friday-for...
Wanna take a guess at my next career? It is learning time!
September 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Wanna take a guess at my next career? It is learning time!
Huge career announcement! I have decided to leave the active duty Army and begin a civilian career - my final day of active service will be in June 2026.
I plan to pursue opportunities in the private sector while continuing my service in the Army Reserves.
I plan to pursue opportunities in the private sector while continuing my service in the Army Reserves.
September 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Huge career announcement! I have decided to leave the active duty Army and begin a civilian career - my final day of active service will be in June 2026.
I plan to pursue opportunities in the private sector while continuing my service in the Army Reserves.
I plan to pursue opportunities in the private sector while continuing my service in the Army Reserves.
Made my day to see I was named in the acknowledgements for an OUTSTANDING book written by Dr. Noel Anderson: Wars Without End.
Important and really well written book, check it out!
Important and really well written book, check it out!
September 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Made my day to see I was named in the acknowledgements for an OUTSTANDING book written by Dr. Noel Anderson: Wars Without End.
Important and really well written book, check it out!
Important and really well written book, check it out!
Outstanding Harding Project Annual Workshop!
The Harding team includes exceptionally talented and motivated people from across the Army enterprise committed to strengthening the profession through professional writing.
It is an honor to be part of this great team!
The Harding team includes exceptionally talented and motivated people from across the Army enterprise committed to strengthening the profession through professional writing.
It is an honor to be part of this great team!
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Outstanding Harding Project Annual Workshop!
The Harding team includes exceptionally talented and motivated people from across the Army enterprise committed to strengthening the profession through professional writing.
It is an honor to be part of this great team!
The Harding team includes exceptionally talented and motivated people from across the Army enterprise committed to strengthening the profession through professional writing.
It is an honor to be part of this great team!
Pretty cool to receive in the mail.
If you don't speak Latin, the text roughly translates to:
"I spent six years stressed out of my mind, and all I got in return was this piece of paper"
If you don't speak Latin, the text roughly translates to:
"I spent six years stressed out of my mind, and all I got in return was this piece of paper"
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pretty cool to receive in the mail.
If you don't speak Latin, the text roughly translates to:
"I spent six years stressed out of my mind, and all I got in return was this piece of paper"
If you don't speak Latin, the text roughly translates to:
"I spent six years stressed out of my mind, and all I got in return was this piece of paper"
Excited to make new friends and engage in substantive discussions on PROXY CONFLICT at the Partnership for Peace Consortium in Helsinki, Finland last week!
Look forward to follow-on publications from this working group on the topic
Look forward to follow-on publications from this working group on the topic
August 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Excited to make new friends and engage in substantive discussions on PROXY CONFLICT at the Partnership for Peace Consortium in Helsinki, Finland last week!
Look forward to follow-on publications from this working group on the topic
Look forward to follow-on publications from this working group on the topic
August 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good reminder that quality > quantity in warfare.
July 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good reminder that quality > quantity in warfare.
Impressive to watch the advance of energy and battery technologies
Big implications for NATSEC
"On an LCOE basis, 91% of newly commissioned utility-scale renewable capacity delivered power at a lower cost than the cheapest new fossil fuel-based alternative."
www.irena.org/Publications...
Big implications for NATSEC
"On an LCOE basis, 91% of newly commissioned utility-scale renewable capacity delivered power at a lower cost than the cheapest new fossil fuel-based alternative."
www.irena.org/Publications...
July 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Impressive to watch the advance of energy and battery technologies
Big implications for NATSEC
"On an LCOE basis, 91% of newly commissioned utility-scale renewable capacity delivered power at a lower cost than the cheapest new fossil fuel-based alternative."
www.irena.org/Publications...
Big implications for NATSEC
"On an LCOE basis, 91% of newly commissioned utility-scale renewable capacity delivered power at a lower cost than the cheapest new fossil fuel-based alternative."
www.irena.org/Publications...
CONFERENCE SUCCESS!
Congrats to the exceptional teams at Irregular Warfare Initiative, Special Operations Association of America, and Carahsoft for bringing over 250 scholars, practitioners, and members of industry together for 2 days of community building!
Congrats to the exceptional teams at Irregular Warfare Initiative, Special Operations Association of America, and Carahsoft for bringing over 250 scholars, practitioners, and members of industry together for 2 days of community building!
July 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
CONFERENCE SUCCESS!
Congrats to the exceptional teams at Irregular Warfare Initiative, Special Operations Association of America, and Carahsoft for bringing over 250 scholars, practitioners, and members of industry together for 2 days of community building!
Congrats to the exceptional teams at Irregular Warfare Initiative, Special Operations Association of America, and Carahsoft for bringing over 250 scholars, practitioners, and members of industry together for 2 days of community building!
Our mission is to bridge the gap between scholars and practitioners to support the community of irregular warfare professionals.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our mission is to bridge the gap between scholars and practitioners to support the community of irregular warfare professionals.
Support the mission with a few easy clicks below.
lnkd.in/grdaUT4n
Support the mission with a few easy clicks below.
lnkd.in/grdaUT4n
Machiavelli wrote “once the populace has taken up arms, there will always be a foreign power eager to come to its aid”
Proxy warfare & SFA 4-eva!
Almost like it is a common tool of statecraft.
Proxy warfare & SFA 4-eva!
Almost like it is a common tool of statecraft.
July 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Machiavelli wrote “once the populace has taken up arms, there will always be a foreign power eager to come to its aid”
Proxy warfare & SFA 4-eva!
Almost like it is a common tool of statecraft.
Proxy warfare & SFA 4-eva!
Almost like it is a common tool of statecraft.
Since 1945 the process of nuclear reversal overwhelms nuclear acquisition
Iran is a tough case though.
Iran is a tough case though.
July 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Since 1945 the process of nuclear reversal overwhelms nuclear acquisition
Iran is a tough case though.
Iran is a tough case though.
I hope we are branching some of our more talented cadets to Air Defense
July 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I hope we are branching some of our more talented cadets to Air Defense
Just finished. Felt a little unfocused at times, but overall good read
Favorite quote: "Above all, IW demands partnerships and informing, supporting, and enabling others." Yes, IW is a team sport!
Favorite quote: "Above all, IW demands partnerships and informing, supporting, and enabling others." Yes, IW is a team sport!
July 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just finished. Felt a little unfocused at times, but overall good read
Favorite quote: "Above all, IW demands partnerships and informing, supporting, and enabling others." Yes, IW is a team sport!
Favorite quote: "Above all, IW demands partnerships and informing, supporting, and enabling others." Yes, IW is a team sport!
Remember when Ken Waltz endorsed this craziness?
“The slow spread of nuclear weapons [which] gives states time to learn to live with them, to appreciate their virtues, and to understand the limits they place on behaviour”
“The slow spread of nuclear weapons [which] gives states time to learn to live with them, to appreciate their virtues, and to understand the limits they place on behaviour”
July 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Remember when Ken Waltz endorsed this craziness?
“The slow spread of nuclear weapons [which] gives states time to learn to live with them, to appreciate their virtues, and to understand the limits they place on behaviour”
“The slow spread of nuclear weapons [which] gives states time to learn to live with them, to appreciate their virtues, and to understand the limits they place on behaviour”