Early Edition February 2, 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 2nd, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just Security: Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates By Summer LopezThe Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Playbook By Kate Welty and Max SarinskyInternational Human Rights and Criminal Courts and the End of War By Courtney Hillebrecht