Ada Okafor

Researching how AI could enable coups, and the institutional safeguards against it

Senior researcher, Northline Policy InstituteLondonshe/herupdated 2026-10-25

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I study historical power grabs and what changes when a small group can replace human cooperation with AI systems. Currently mapping which checks and balances fail first.

I'm looking for collaborators with legal or military-history backgrounds.

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2026Which safeguards fail first? A survey of historical power grabspaper

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