Burak Oktenli

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Burak Oktenli is an independent researcher specialising in human-machine authority architecture and the governance of autonomous and AI-enabled systems. He holds an MBA and a Master of Professional Studies in Applied Intelligence from Georgetown University, and his writing has appeared at the Modern War Institute at West Point, RUSI, and RealClearDefense. He is based in Washington, DC.

Who Fires the Shot? Closing the Authority Gap in Indo-Pacific Autonomous Warfare

Indo-Pacific coalitions are fielding autonomous weapons faster than members can agree on who may authorize them to act. The missing piece is a way to compute authority across sovereign lines, not a better data link.