Early Edition September 8, 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 September 8,  2025 on Just Security.ICYMI: last week on Just SecurityUsing Labels, Not Law, to Justify Lethal Force: Inside the Venezuelan Boat Strike By Mark NevittSeptember Could Finally Bring Answers for Northern Ireland Families By Brian Dooley and Suchita UppalWashington Balks While Beijing Builds: Reauthorizing the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation By Afreen Akhter