Early Edition May 26, 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 May 26, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last week on Just Security Ukraine’s Parliament Is Pulling Back on LGBTQ Rights as Courts and Citizens Move Forward by Suchita UppalTo Memorialize the Fallen, Renew the Pursuit of Peace by Peter J. QuarantoUkrainian Drone Incursions into Baltic States, Russian Electronic Warfare Countermeasures, and International Law by Michael Schmitt and Klaudia Klonowska