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 January 23rd, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• The Insurmountable Legal Obstacles to U.S. Acquisition of Greenland By Michael Schmitt and Tess Bridgeman
• Hypothetical Legal Review of Use of the U.S. Military in Greenland By Daniel Maurer, Steven J. Lepper, R. Fidell, Alberto J. Mora, and Franklin D. Rosenblatt
• Emerging Evidence Provides Basis for Opening Investigation of ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good By Julia Gegenheimer

"Emerging Evidence Provides Basis for Opening Investigation of ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good" by Julia Gegenheimer 

Published on January 22, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and security world.

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 January 22nd, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• Getting Critical Minerals Certification and Due Diligence Right In the DRC-Rwanda Accord and Beyond (With a Lesson from a Punk Band?) By Brad Brooks-Rubin
• Judging War: The Legitimacy of International Courts in Armed Conflicts By Nienke Grossman
• Symposium Introduction: Is There a Role for International Courts in Ending Wars? By Laurie Blank and Daphné Richemond-Barak

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 January 21st, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• Using an Unmarked Aircraft to Attack an Alleged Drug Boat: Is it Perfidy? by Michael Schmitt
• The EU Discovers Emergency Powers: Russian Assets Edition by Elena Chachko and Katerina Linos

"The EU Discovers Emergency Powers: Russian Assets Edition" by Elena Chachko and Katerina Linos 

Published on January 20th, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 January 20th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Let Not Arrogance Be Our Doom by Bishop Garrison
• The New Civil Rights “Backstop”: How DAs and AGs Can and Must Investigate ICE Abuses by Jonathan Wroblewski

"How Congress Can Preserve NATO and Greenland: Using 22 USC 1928f to Protect the Peace" by Alberto J. Mora

Published on Jan. 16, 2026 by Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 January 16th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• Who Will Stand up for Human Rights in 2026 -- and How?  by Andrew Friedman and Kimberly Hart
• Key Trends that will Shape Tech Policy in 2026 by Just Security
• Overview of the ILC Draft Articles for a Crimes Against Humanity Convention by Sean Murphy

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 January 14th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• The North Atlantic Treaty and a U.S. Attack on Denmark By Michael Schmitt
• Trump Is Right About Greenland — Wrong About How to Secure It By Ambassador Daniel Fried
• The United States in Retreat by Julian Simcock and Chris Lu

"Legal and Practical Implications of the U.S. Withdrawal from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change" by Sue Biniaz and Jean Galbraith

Published on January 14th, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.