The Real National Security Betrayal Isn’t Who Leaves—It’s What Gets Dismantled by Brian O'Neill. 

Published on Just Security on July 28, 2025. 

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published July 30, 2025 on Just Security.

ICYMI Yesterday on JS:

• The Silver Shield Act: A Bill to Track Misuse of American Weapons
  By John Ramming Chappell and Kate Fin 
• Vague by Design? The Oversight Board, Meta’s DOI Policy, and the Kolovrat Symbol Decision By Tanmay Durani
• Himalayan Water Disputes Awaken the Tensions and Promises of the UN Watercourses Convention By Bowen Chang

To read or listen to Early Edition, and all of Just Security’s other content visit JustSecurity.org. 

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published July 31, 2025 on Just Security.

ICYMI Yesterday on JS:

• Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative
  By Tom Dannenbaum and Alex de Waal
• Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc. By Marty Lederman
• The AI Action Plan and Federalism: A Constitutional Analysis By David S. Rubenstein

To read or listen to Early Edition, and all of Just Security’s other content visit JustSecurity.org. 

"How to Truly Keep Washington, DC Safe: President Trump’s militarized approach undercuts what’s been working" by Donell Harvin

Published on Just Security on August 15, 2025. 

For further analysis, listen to the Just Security podcast, “What Just Happened – Federalization of Law Enforcement in Washington DC,” featuring David Aaron, Carrie Cordero and Donell Harvin. 

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 15, 2025 on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• Dissecting the Litigation: Where Trump Administration Actions Face Early Roadblocks or Traction by Dani Schulkin and Ryan Goodman
• Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened – Federalization of Law Enforcement in Washington DC by David Aaron, Carrie Cordero, and Donell Harvin
• In Preparing for Large-Scale Conflicts, States Neglect Lessons on Civilian Protection at Their Peril by Lucca de Ruiter, Erin Bijl, and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 6, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• Three Thorny Issues to Watch in Congressional Investigations By Andy Wright and Tara Ganapathy
• It’s Time to Designate The Base as an FTO By Luke Baumgartner
• The Freedom of Information Act and Deteriorating Federal Transparency Infrastructure By Amanda Teuscher

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 5, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• The Freedom of Information Act and Deteriorating Federal Transparency Infrastructure By Amanda Teuscher
• The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture By Rebecca Hamilton
• The Just Security Podcast: Ukraine’s Resistance to Russia’s Invasion — The Other Mobilization By Lauren Van Metre, Ella Lamakh, and Viola Gienger

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 4, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: last week on Just Security

Protecting Health Care in Conflict: Lessons from Ukraine for a Global Roadmap

By Uliana Poltavets

Save the PMF Program or Risk Losing a Generation of Public Servants

By Andrew Miller and Kelly L. Razzouk

"Save the PMF Program or Risk Losing a Generation of Public Servants" by Andrew Miller and Kelly L. Razzouk

Published by Just Security on August 1, 2025. 

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 1, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI Yesterday on JS:

• In Argentina, a Bold Step for Global Justice: Holding the Chinese Government Accountable for Atrocities Against Uyghurs By Rayhan Asat and Sophie Richardson
• “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”: The Legality of Statistical Proportionality By Alon Sapir
• Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative By Tom Dannenbaum and Alex de Waal

To read or listen to Early Edition, and all of Just Security’s other content visit JustSecurity.org. 

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 14, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• In Trump’s Planned Meeting With Putin, Beware of Traps, Play the Right Cards by Ambassador Daniel Fried
• Brazil’s Digital Sovereignty Is Under Attack: How Courts, Platforms, and Constitutional Law Are Redefining Democracy Online by Sahasranshu Dash and Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros

"In Trump’s Planned Meeting With Putin, Beware of Traps, Play the Right Cards" by Ambassador Daniel Fried  

Published on Just Security on August 13, 2025. 

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 13, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• More of the Same, But Worse: Netanyahu’s “New” Plan in Gaza by Eliav Lieblich
• Harnessing the Transformative Potential of AI in Intelligence Analysis by Rachel Bombach
• From Ukraine to Gaza: IHL Compliance as a Tool for Preventing Moral Injury by Tal Gross and LCDR Christopher Hart

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 12, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• Seven Pillars of Military Integration for the DRC-Rwanda Peace Accord by Lesley Anne Warner
•  The Human Costs of Systemic Corruption by Abigail Bellows

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 11, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: last week on Just Security

• In Congress, a Welcome, and Well-Executed, Next Step to Stop Trump’s Transfers to Torture by Scott Roehm and Rebecca Ingber
• Reactions to the British Debate About the Legality of Recognizing Palestinian Statehood by Marty Lederman

"In Congress, a Welcome, and Well-Executed, Next Step to Stop Trump’s Transfers to Torture" by Scott Roehm and Rebecca Ingber

Published on Just Security on August 8, 2025.

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 8, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• The ICC Has Jurisdiction Over Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War Crimes by David Borden

Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition is an essential resource for anyone shaping a just and secure world.

Published August 7, 2025  on Just Security.

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security

• Big Budget Act Creates a ‘Deportation Industrial Complex’ That Will be Hard to Dismantle By Margy O’Herron
• New and Improved Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions By Dani Schulkin and Ryan Goodman
• It’s Time to Designate The Base as an FTO By Luke Baumgartner