Docket+ 4 May

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Highlights

1. U.S. Meddling in European Domestic Politics Is Backfiring (Lawfare, 1 May)
2. How a surge in defence and dual-use technology investment could reconfigure the global AI race (Chatham House, 30 April)
3. Mythos, not the Iran war, is the most significant geopolitical warning of our time (Atlantic Council, 30 April)
4. Tech Policy Is on the Front Line of Fascism vs. Democracy. Pick a Side. (Tech Policy Press, 4 May)
5. Value and vulnerability: a framework for understanding the complexity of misinformation use (Nature, 4 May)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. The Political Limits of China’s AI Diffusion Ambitions (Lawfare, 3 May)
2. Governing AI in the Shadow of Giants: Korea’s Strategic Response to Great Power AI Competition (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 30 April)
3. Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines (Rest of World, 1 May)
4. ControBench: An Interaction-Aware Benchmark for Controversial Discourse Analysis on Social Networks (arXiv, 1 May)