Early Edition August 17, 2026

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 17, 2026, on Just Security. ICYMI:  Yesterday on Just SecurityU.S. Tech Companies Owe a Duty of Care to Afghan Girls Too – of a Different Kind by Ibtissam BouachrineFour Things State and Local Prosecutors Can Do to Combat Federal Corruption by Alison Hirsh and Justin FlorenceA System Working: Five Years On, the Taliban Still Doesn’t Have a Seat at the U.N. by Ambassador Nasir A. Andisha