Kyle Atwell
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Public Service | National Security | Author | Non-Profit Leader | Ph.D. Candidate |…
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I'm thrilled and honored to welcome Liz Wong, Paul Cormarie, and Henderson Chandler to Irregular Warfare Initiative's Editorial Team! We have a…
I'm thrilled and honored to welcome Liz Wong, Paul Cormarie, and Henderson Chandler to Irregular Warfare Initiative's Editorial Team! We have a…
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Excellent news on the Section 333 FY25 NDAA LP that would expand the scope of #IrregularWarfare partner capacity-building. The product of hard work…
Excellent news on the Section 333 FY25 NDAA LP that would expand the scope of #IrregularWarfare partner capacity-building. The product of hard work…
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Irregular Warfare repost from our partners at Foreign Affairs! IWI's own Sam Winter-Levy joins co-authors Michael Liebrich and Lauri Myllyvirta to…
Irregular Warfare repost from our partners at Foreign Affairs! IWI's own Sam Winter-Levy joins co-authors Michael Liebrich and Lauri Myllyvirta to…
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Education
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Fellow, Princeton Center for International Security Studies
Fellow, Princeton Center for International Security Studies
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Co-Founder & Executive Director, Brussels Branch
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Brussels Branch
YPFP (Young Professionals in Foreign Policy)
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Den Leader, Cub Scouts Pack 6
Den Leader, Cub Scouts Pack 6
Boy Scouts
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National Publications Director
National Publications Director
Roosevelt Institute
Publications
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Irregular Warfare in Strategic Competition
Defence Studies: Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
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Networks of Influence and Action: Collaboration in the Lake Chad Basin (book chapter)
Warrior Diplomats: Civil Affairs Forces on the Front Lines
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(WOTR) Wanna Fight? Pushing Partners Aside in Afghanistan
War on the Rocks
See publicationTo incentivize advising over fighting in future expeditionary counter-insurgency operations, large footprints of ground troops should be avoided. Instead, small and tailored units of advisors with substantive enabling packages should support partner forces without crowding them out from ownership of security operations. Counter-insurgency in Afghanistan resulted in, at best, short-term and highly localized security, and ultimately resulted in a partner force ill-prepared to fill the security…
To incentivize advising over fighting in future expeditionary counter-insurgency operations, large footprints of ground troops should be avoided. Instead, small and tailored units of advisors with substantive enabling packages should support partner forces without crowding them out from ownership of security operations. Counter-insurgency in Afghanistan resulted in, at best, short-term and highly localized security, and ultimately resulted in a partner force ill-prepared to fill the security vacuum once U.S. forces withdrew. While the failure manifested at the tactical level, the policy implications are strategic in nature and hold important lessons for how to conduct counter-insurgency and partner warfare in the future.
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(PRISM) Negotiating [Im]plausible Deniability: Strategic Guidelines for U.S. Engagement in Modern Indirect Warfare
PRISM, National Defense University
Courses
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Taught and course directed “Civil Conflict and Settlement”
SS476
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Taught and course directed “International Relations Senior Project”
SS491
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Taught and course directed “Introduction to International Relations Theory”
SS307
Languages
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French
Professional working proficiency
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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English
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Organizations
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Department of Social Sciences
International Affairs Research Fellow
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American Political Science Association
Member
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Center for a New American Security (CNAS) NextGen Fellow
Next Generation Fellow
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Princeton Center for International Security Studies
Graduate Fellow
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International Studies Association
Member
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Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
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On Monday, I’m starting a new role at the Afghanistan War Commission. I’ll be assisting my friend, Elizabeth Nathan Conrad, in conducting interviews…
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