Early Edition August 31, 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 31, 2026, on Just Security. ICYMI:  Last week on Just SecurityU.S. Supreme Court’s Rejection of the “Presumption of Regularity” by Ryan Goodman and Jake Morganstein-FoleyCollateral Accountability: The Oldest Check on Federal Lawlessness by Fred O. Smith, Jr.A Sentence in Damascus and An Accused in Moscow: The Limits of Syria’s First Attempt at Accountability by Fadel Abdulghany and Kenneth Roth