Early Edition February 12, 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 February 12th, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security:  A Legal Black Hole: Does Iraq Have the Right to Detain Prisoners Transferred from Syria? By Anne Charbord and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons)Asia’s Administrative Arms Race: How U.S.-China Strategic Competition is Reshaping Economic Statecraft By Evan EnnsWhen the Warning Bells Ring: Judicial Awareness in War By Daphné Richemond-Barak