Early Edition July 28, 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 July 28, 2026, on Just Security. ICYMI:  Yesterday on Just SecurityAfter a Failed U.N. Counterterrorism Strategy Review, What Other Paths to Structural Reform? by Brian Kimari, Beth Alexion, and Kaleigh HomstadAuthoritarians Keep Telling Us What They Fear. We Should Listen. by Scott Fisher, Graig Klein, Juris Pupcenoks, and Juste Codjo