Early Edition January 9, 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 January 9th, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security  DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics By Samantha TrepelTrump’s New Year Foreign Policy: The Risk that the Bold and the Bad Outweigh the Constructive By Ambassador Daniel FriedHollowing Out Complementarity: The ICC Rejects Israel’s ‘Court of Last Resort’ Admissibility Challenge By Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen