"The United States in Retreat" by Julian Simcock and Chris Lu 

Published on January 13th, 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 13th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security  

• War Powers, Venezuela, Drug Boats, and Congress By Tess Bridgeman and Brian Finucane
• 80 Years After Nuremberg, Envisioning the Future of International Law By Jeremy Pizzi and Maksym Vishchyk
• DHS, DOJ and Customs & Border Patrol Policies: Use of Deadly Force and Moving Vehicles By Ryan Goodman

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 12th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: last week on Just Security  

• Elements of Genocide: Intent to Kill By Adil Ahmad Haque
• U.S. Intelligence in a Post-Maduro Venezuela By Jeffrey Rogg
• Trump v. Illinois: A Narrow Supreme Court Decision with Broad Implications By Elizabeth Goitein

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 9th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security  

• DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics By Samantha Trepel
• Trump’s New Year Foreign Policy: The Risk that the Bold and the Bad Outweigh the Constructive By Ambassador Daniel Fried
• Hollowing Out Complementarity: The ICC Rejects Israel’s ‘Court of Last Resort’ Admissibility Challenge By Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen

"Trump’s New Year Foreign Policy: The Risk that the Bold and the Bad Outweigh the Constructive" by Ambassador Dan Fried 

Published on January 8th, 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 8th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security  

• A NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? No, Not Even According to Putin 1.0 By Ambassador Steven Pifer
• Congress, the President, and the Use of Military Force in Venezuela By Brian Egan, Tess Bridgeman, and Ryan Goodman
• Will Trump Allow Private Equity to Gut the Army Too? By Margaret Mullins and Ben Dinovelli

"A NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? No, Not Even According to Putin 1.0" by Ambassador Steven Pifer  

Published on January 7th, 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 7th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security  

• The Era of AI-Orchestrated Hacking Has Begun: Here’s How the United States Should Respond By Teddy Nemeroff
• Head of State Immunity and Maduro on Trial By Chimène Keitner
• Expert Q&A on U.S. Military Actions on Venezuela and Boat Strikes By Tess Bridgeman, Michael Schmitt and Ryan Goodman

"Head of State Immunity and Maduro on Trial" by Chimène Keitner

Published on January 6th, 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 6th, 2026, on Just Security.  

ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security  

• The Epstein Files and the Seven Member Rule By Greg Dotson
• When Crises Become Courtrooms: How Africa’s Engagement with the ICJ Is Rewriting the Playbook of International Law By Emmanuel Osayande
• International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela By Michael Schmitt, Ryan Goodman, and Tess Bridgeman