Early Edition September 15, 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 on September 15, 2026 on Just Security. ICYMI:  Yesterday on Just Security:Withholding Consent: Dominant Parties, Opposition Failure, and Youth Disengagement in Southern Africa by Wiriranai Brilliant Masara and Amara GalileoA Plea from Forgotten Families in Detention in Northeast Syria: “What Will Happen to Our Children?” by Beatrice Eriksson and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons)Who Checks the President? Not the Military by Paul Rasmussen and Annette Kwan