Early Edition November 19, 2025

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 November 19th, 2025, on Just Security. ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security: Is the U.S. Becoming a Captured State? A Comparative Perspective By Naomi Roht-ArriazaTrump’s Nuclear Testing Remark Was a Signal — Not a Strategy By Frank A. RoseHypothetical Legal Review of Narcotrafficking Strikes By Daniel Maurer