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AI acts in seconds. Trump’s agenda has an 84-day blind spot

AI acts in seconds. Trump’s agenda has an 84-day blind spot

Eighty-four days passed between an OpenAI research agent’s unauthorized access to an Australian government health statistics portal on June 18 and...

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Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The network is the weapon: The missing link in the military’s AI revolution

The network is the weapon: The missing link in the military’s AI revolution

The Navy announced recently that it is creating a new Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little...

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Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

When AI Safety Tests Leave The Lab, Someone Else Inherits The Risk – OpEd

When AI Safety Tests Leave The Lab, Someone Else Inherits The Risk – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Google, Anthropic and OpenAI have all disclosed cyber-evaluation incidents that reached real third-party systems. As independent...

25.09.2026 4

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

What If The ‘A’ In AI Stood For Alien? The Real Mystery Is That We Built It – OpEd

What If The ‘A’ In AI Stood For Alien? The Real Mystery Is That We Built It – OpEd

Key Takeaways: AI may help scientists search for extraterrestrial technosignatures. But the strangeness of modern models is not evidence of

25.09.2026 4

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The world is ticking on an AI clock. The UN is still set to 1945

The world is ticking on an AI clock. The UN is still set to 1945

The U.N. General Assembly 81 arrived in New York under the theme of restoring trust and managing transformation. By the opening of the General Debate,...

25.09.2026 4

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The Nuclear AI Red Line: Prediction Is Not Permission – OpEd

The Nuclear AI Red Line: Prediction Is Not Permission – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As U.S. and Chinese experts explore nuclear-style safeguards for military AI, the most important boundary may be the

24.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The sun can mimic an attack. Military AI might start a war over it

The sun can mimic an attack. Military AI might start a war over it

Over the past week, the Washington Examiner reported that Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed the existence of on-orbit space-control weapons. A...

24.09.2026 4

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

Before We Listen For Aliens, We Need To Know What Our Instruments Can Hear – OpEd

Before We Listen For Aliens, We Need To Know What Our Instruments Can Hear – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Artificial intelligence can search the sky faster than any human team. It still cannot recover information that a

23.09.2026 6

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

AI Does Not Need The Keys If It Can Influence The Person Who Has Them – OpEd

AI Does Not Need The Keys If It Can Influence The Person Who Has Them – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Security policy still focuses on keeping artificial intelligence away from weapons, networks, and critical infrastructure. The next...

23.09.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

NATO’s AI Networks Must Be Able To Hear ‘No’ – OpEd

NATO’s AI Networks Must Be Able To Hear ‘No’ – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As allied militaries connect AI-enabled systems, a partner’s justified refusal must survive the network instead of being treated

23.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Don’t give Trump an ‘AI force’ until it can stop a rogue agent

Don’t give Trump an ‘AI force’ until it can stop a rogue agent

The Washington Examiner reported Saturday that President Donald Trump plans to create an “AI Force” led by an artificial intelligence czar. The...

23.09.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

AI Cannot Restore A World We Burned – OpEd

AI Cannot Restore A World We Burned – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Artificial intelligence could help slow escalation and preserve food systems after catastrophe. It cannot replace sunlight,...

22.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

If humanity can’t survive an AI blackout, we’ve already lost

If humanity can’t survive an AI blackout, we’ve already lost

Mark Whittington asked in these pages whether artificial intelligence might become the only way humanity can survive. It is a question worth taking...

22.09.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

An AI Cyber Defender Can Stop The Attack And Still Lose The Mission – OpEd

An AI Cyber Defender Can Stop The Attack And Still Lose The Mission – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As AI agents gain authority to isolate devices, change configurations and patch networks, success cannot be measured only

21.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Your screen just went dark. That doesn’t mean the election was stolen

Your screen just went dark. That doesn’t mean the election was stolen

Imagine arriving at a polling place where the electronic voter check-in system has stopped working. Election workers are switching to a backup...

21.09.2026 5

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

AI didn’t almost trigger a war with China. The Pentagon’s blind faith in it did

AI didn’t almost trigger a war with China. The Pentagon’s blind faith in it did

American military planes were already in the air. Armed personnel were preparing for a possible boarding of a Chinese vessel. Then, according to CNN...

20.09.2026 7

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

An AI Warning Is Not Permission To Act – OpEd

An AI Warning Is Not Permission To Act – OpEd

Key Takeaways: AI can flag fraud, cyberattacks, medical risk or equipment failure in seconds. The dangerous shortcut begins when an

18.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The Next Drone-Swarm Risk Begins When The Network Comes Back – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Mass drone attacks are growing in scale across Ukraine and the Middle East. The next technical problem is

18.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

America just admitted it has space weapons. Now, one miscalculated orbit could start World War III

Washington has spent the past 72 hours making its military posture in space more explicit. On Tuesday, the Washington Examiner reported that Air Force...

18.09.2026 8

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The Race Beyond GPS Needs A Rule For When Machines Stop Trusting Time – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Quantum clocks, magnetic maps and gravity sensors are moving out of the laboratory as GNSS jamming spreads across

17.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The World Wants AI Guardrails, Companies Still Need A Map Of Machine Power – OpEd

Key Takeaways: UN leaders are calling for global AI safety rules while governments and technology companies disagree over who should

17.09.2026 9

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The AI Slowdown Fight Is Missing What Happens After Training – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Trump says slowing AI could help China; European and industry leaders are debating whether frontier development should be

16.09.2026 9

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The ‘Axis’ Is Growing More Connected, It Still Has An Information Problem – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, renewed energy strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war, and Kim Jong Un’s latest pledge

16.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

America is ready to fight a cyber war. It isn’t ready to survive one

Washington is reorganizing for cyber conflict in real time. In June, a proposal to create a separate U.S. Cyber Force was defeated 14-13 in the Senate...

16.09.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

Trump says AI needs no new guardrails. Then who gets to turn it back on?

President Donald Trump says fears of artificial intelligence “taking over the World, destroying Humanity” are a hoax. He also says the only...

16.09.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

Automated Trading Controls Do Not Fail Loudly, They Clear – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Rule 15c3-5 taught markets to block dangerous orders before execution. Fifteen years later, regulators still find thresholds that

15.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Trump’s blunt warning gets it right: If America slows down AI, China wins for free

President Donald Trump put the artificial intelligence race in blunt terms Sunday: “whoever wins AI wins.” His comment came as Anthropic CEO Dario...

15.09.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

NATO Can Connect Its AI Weapons, It Still Cannot Prove Human Control – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As the Alliance accelerates AI adoption, interoperability needs a new layer: a narrow, shareable record showing what a

14.09.2026 8

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

AI Safety Needs Stop Rules, Not A General Slowdown – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Trump is right that the United States cannot casually surrender the AI race. Amodei is right that some

14.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

America is repeating the blindness of 9/11 — this time with AI

Americans again mourned the 2,977 people murdered on Sept. 11, 2001. At the Pentagon, President Donald Trump renewed the nation’s vow never to...

14.09.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The Global Fusion Race Is Becoming A Contest Over Control Standards – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As licensing accelerates and capital moves into American and European projects, strategic advantage will depend on whether advanced

11.09.2026 7

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

NATO’s Baltic Flank Needs An Algorithmic Escalation Brake – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A network built to share warnings at machine speed must also know when not to share certainty Four

11.09.2026 7

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

When Automated Decisions Outlive The Evidence Behind Them – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Governments are learning to test advanced AI systems. They also need a rule for retiring the decisions those

10.09.2026 9

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The Next Front In The AI Race Is Institutional Speed – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Washington is exporting an AI technology stack, Beijing is building a governance coalition, and Europe is revising its

10.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Trump is right about quantum. Now the Pentagon has to prove it works

President Donald Trump did not write the CHIPS and Science Act. His administration has nevertheless found a distinctly Trumpian way to use it: When...

10.09.2026 9

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

SpaceX satellites dodge collisions 1,100 times a day. Who’s actually driving?

In the six months ending May 31, SpaceX satellites performed 207,152 propulsive collision-avoidance maneuvers. That is more than 1,100 a day. The...

10.09.2026 5

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The Autonomous Weapons Agreement Will Be Decided In Export Markets – OpEd

Key Takeaways: How procurement and export policy can carry the Geneva consensus across borders and govern software changes after delivery

09.09.2026 9

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The Global Defense Technology Race Needs A Physics Filter – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Rapid adoption strengthens deterrence when governments distinguish laboratory results from capabilities that can operate at military...

09.09.2026 9

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

China built an AI empire for the global south. Trump just made a better offer

China put “World” in the name of its new artificial intelligence organization. It left out the United States. On July 16, 29 countries signed an...

09.09.2026 8

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

When The AI Safety Layer Makes The System Less Safe – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Switching controllers does not restore a failed sensor. Safe automation requires a backup tested on the information that

08.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Allied Defense Policy Needs A Common Standard For Military Warnings – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As coalition networks connect national forces, the evidence and limitations behind a warning must remain available to the

08.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Faster AI Is Not Always Better Astronomy – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As telescopes automate the search for fleeting cosmic signals, algorithms must be judged by the evidence they preserve

08.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Trump fought unelected bureaucrats. Now they’re being coded into immortality

President Donald Trump’s administration scored a quiet diplomatic win this week. G20 innovation ministers reached consensus on the Carolina...

08.09.2026 9

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The Pentagon’s freezer mystery holds a warning about military AI

The most useful warning about military automation last week did not come from a drone swarm, a command center, or a classified exercise. It came from...

05.09.2026 5

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

Financial AI Should Not Have One Big Permission Called ‘Trade’ – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Payment systems are learning to give AI agents narrow, traceable and revocable authority. Capital markets should do the

04.09.2026 6

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Autonomous Weapons Treaties Should Verify Permission, Not Intelligence – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Geneva has spent a decade debating what military AI can decide. A workable treaty should ask a more

03.09.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The AI Scientist Has A Metrology Problem – OpEd

Key Takeaways: AI can optimize inference, but it cannot recover information that an instrument never measured. A Casimir-force inverse problem

03.09.2026 8

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Trump promised to drain the swamp. AI is making it unfireable

President Donald Trump’s case against the federal bureaucracy rests on a simple observation: It is slow, it is unaccountable, and it is nearly...

03.09.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli

The AI Age Needs A New Definition Of Sovereignty – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Sovereignty is coming to include the ability to continue, constrain, inspect, revoke and recover essential machine decision systems

02.09.2026 9

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Trump’s AI mandate: Defining killer robots won’t save us — hardcoding human control will

President Donald Trump gave the Pentagon 90 days to update the rule governing autonomy in weapon systems. That window closes this week. The...

02.09.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Burak Oktenli