Early Edition May 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 May 28, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security Shooting Down Civil Aircraft: What International and U.S. Law Say About a Charge in the Raul Castro Indictment by Danae AskarI Was Afghanistan’s Attorney General. Here Is What Justice Looked Like — and What Destroyed It. by Mohammad Farid HamidiHow the Twenty-Fifth Amendment Applies Today by Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz, Sonia Mittal, Virginia Lo, and Grady Yuthok Short