Early Edition August 6, 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 6, 2026, on Just Security. ICYMI:  Yesterday on Just SecurityStrategic Attack on Iran: Airpower’s Promises, Limits, and Lessons by Michael SchmittU.N. Secretary-General Candidates May Agree More than They Differ on the Way Forward by Nudhara Yusuf, Justin Snyder, and Eirini GiannopoulouBringing the State Department to the States: How a Domestic Service Requirement Would Strengthen American Foreign Policy by Matt Petit