One interesting topic worth discussing in the context of VUCA and systemic resilience is quantum computing. The promise of quantum computing offers a prospect of altering completely the existent encryption methods effectiveness.
Here is one view: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361372317300519 suggesting that quantum computing is not a threat to current cryptographic systems, although the core argument here is that it is not a threat in its current state.
Less (scientifically) robust arguments to the opposite side are, for example, in https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-is-coming-for-your-data/, and http://approachinfinity.ca/RecentPublications/Quantum-computing-overview.pdf
Geopolitically, this puts quantum computing into an important security race position: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0190646 and https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-25/everybody-was-quantum-fighting-those-computers-were-fast-lightning
There is a lot of technical stuff involved, but an interesting topic from geopolitical risks perspective for sure, and involves long term strategic positioning by the usual adversaries, the U.S. and China.
Beyond this issue, there are also implications of quantum computing in broader cybersecurity context, including enforcement and monitoring: https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-is-the-next-big-security-risk/, https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-quantum-computing-could-create-unbreakable-encryption-and-save-the-future-of-cybersecurity/, and https://futurism.com/future-cybersecurity-quantum-encryption/.
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