Stefaniya Mircheska
E-mail: mircheska.s@gmail.com
Stefaniya Mircheska is a PhD of National security and defense. She defended her doctoral dissertation in 2017 at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Faculty of Police, professional direction and PhD program: Organization and management outside the sphere of material production (security and defense management). She works at the Ministry of e-Governance of the Republic of Bulgaria, Directorate „Digital Transformation”. Expert in national security, data modeling and management, geographic information systems, new technologies (artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, smart technologies), digital ethics, intelligent applications, metaverse and the relationship between new technologies and national security, in digital decade. She participates in numerous research projects in the field of national security and collectives for the development of strategic documents and doctrinal documents at the national and European level, she is also involved in various NATO projects. She is a member of working groups at the European Commission and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She is the author of many publications in the field of national security, new technologies, digital transformation. She has also published monographs: Border control (ISBN 978-619-7696-02-8, COBISS.BG-ID 55929352), Geographic information systems in fire and emergency safety (ISBN 978-954-348-222-1, COBISS.BG-ID 53423112).
pp. 41-54
https://doi.org/10.70265/EFOH9799
Artificial intelligence is reshaping military decision-making by introducing autonomous systems that affect human control, authority, and responsibility. This article examines how autonomy influences leadership and command structures, focusing on the interaction between human judgment and algorithmic systems. It argues that maintaining meaningful human control is essential for ensuring accountability, operational effectiveness, and trust in AI-mediated environments.
artificial intelligence; autonomous systems; military leadership; human control; decision-making
Mircheska, S. (June 2026). Autonomous systems and human control: challenges to military leadership and decision-making in the age of artificial intelligence. Security and Defense(1), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.70265/EFOH9799
Mircheska, Stefaniya. „Autonomous systems and human control: challenges to military leadership and decision-making in the age of artificial intelligence.“ Security and Defense (Vasil Levski National Military University Publishing Complex), № 1 (June 2026): 41-54. https://doi.org/10.70265/EFOH9799
Mircheska, S., 2026. Autonomous systems and human control: challenges to military leadership and decision-making in the age of artificial intelligence. Security and Defense, June, Issue 1, pp. 41-54. https://doi.org/10.70265/EFOH9799
Mircheska, Stefaniya. „Autonomous systems and human control: challenges to military leadership and decision-making in the age of artificial intelligence.“ Security and Defense 1 (2026): 41-54. https://doi.org/10.70265/EFOH9799.
