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Jason Van der Schyff

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Cyber Warfare

September 14, 2026

In AI and Nuclear Alike, Extraordinary Claims Need Extraordinary Evidence

In 1942, scientists working on what became the Manhattan Project confronted a disturbing possibility: could an atomic explosion become hot enough to...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

Cyber Warfare

March 11, 2026

Cloud To Ground: Iran Puts Foreign Data Centres on the Front Line

When Iranian drones struck hyperscale cloud data-centre facilities in the United Arab Emirates and damaged infrastructure near Bahrain on 1 March,...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

Critical Infrastructure

November 11, 2025

Resilient Critical Infrastructure Is Its Own Deterrence

Deterrence has long been framed in terms of punishment and denial: states have sought to convince adversaries that aggression would be too costly,...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

Cyber Warfare

October 30, 2025

The Invisible Siege: Securing the Indo-Pacific's Telecom Backbone

Telecommunications once seemed like the passive layer of critical infrastructure—pipes and switches that connected everything yet rarely drew...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

Indo-Pacific/Asia

October 16, 2025

6G Isn't About Speed. It's About Sovereignty

The race to 6G isn’t just about bandwidth. It’s about control over spectrum, standards, supply chains and the values underpinning tomorrow’s...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

Cyber Warfare

October 14, 2025

Microsoft Outlines Ambitious Post-Quantum Cryptography Plans

It was encouraging to read Microsoft’s thoughts on the transition to post-quantum cryptography—the new generation of encryption designed to resist...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

Critical Infrastructure

April 25, 2025

Decrypting Tomorrow's Threats

Critical Infrastructure Needs Post-Quantum Protection Today Some argue we still have time, since quantum computing capable of breaking today’s...

Jason Van der Schyff • The Strategist (ASPI)

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