Just Security: Out Loud

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 14, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security Submission to the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Application of the ICESCR in Situations of Armed Conflict By Balakrishnan RajagopalThree Lessons from the Intersection of Sanctions and Corruption By Richard NephewIntroducing a New Symposium: The Intersection of Sanctions and Corruption By Marie E. Harf

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 13, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security  How Multilateral Powers Can Still Save the World Order By Alicia Buenrostro Massieu and Ander LaresgoitiBuilding Justice After Assad: Syria’s Accountability Dilemma and Pathways to Justice By Hanny MegallyTransnational Repression and the Case for International Criminal Accountability By Brandon Silver and Kate McInnes

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 12, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security Dubious Delistings: Unexplained U.S. Sanctions Removals for the Corrupt and Well-Connected By Adam Keith and Amanda StrayerWhat American Mayors Can Learn From Budapest By Nina HachigianLessons from the Pentagon’s Empty Case Against Mark Kelly By Ryan Burke

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 11, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just Security Too Dangerous to Deploy: Anthropic’s Mythos and What Comes Next By Teddy NemeroffMoving Beyond Recognition Toward Repair for Enslavement By Matiangai SirleafThe International Compensation Mechanism for Ukraine: Update on the Convention Establishing an International Claims Commission and the Register of Damage for Ukraine By Patrick W. Pearsall

"Moving Beyond Recognition Toward Repair for Enslavement" by Matiangai SirleafPublished on May 8, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 8, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security Can Socially Cohesive Neighborhoods Protect Democracy from Political Violence? By James PiazzaWill Congress Throw Out a Tool to Fight Money Laundering and Corruption By Dani Schulkin, Jodi Vittori, and Matthew Stephenson

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 7, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityTaking a Closer Look at Syria’s Economy: Accountability or Business as Usual for Assad’s Cronies? By Noor HamadehTaking a Toll By Daphné Richemond-Barak and Jacob Stoil

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 6, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityWhat the Iran War Reveals About the War Powers Resolution and How Congress Can Act by Tess Bridgeman and Brian FinucaneHungary’s Election Is Already Paying Dividends for Its Foreign Relations by Igor Khrestin and Andrew ChakhoyanFrom Diagnosis to Deterrence: The Emerging U.S. Response to Adversarial Distillation by Joe KhawamWhat A War Game Already Told Us About Iran by Jason Abbott

"What A War Game Already Told Us About Iran" by Jason AbbottPublished on May 5, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 5, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityHegseth’s Intellectual Purge is an Insult to His Officer Corps by Ryan BurkeThe U.S. Shouldn’t Lose Sight of the Real Terrorist Threats by Michael JacobsonInternational Crimes and Human Rights Violations Against Muslims in BJP-Ruled Indian States Require Urgent Action by Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

International Crimes and Human Rights Violations Against Muslims in BJP-Ruled Indian States Require Urgent Action by Ambassador Stephen J. RappPublished on May 4, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 4, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Last Week on Just SecurityHow the Law of War Can Reckon with Longer-Term Harms of Attacks on Health By Ana Elisa Barbar, Léa Gauthier, Evan Harary, and Uliana PoltavetsFive “Blockades” and One Legal Problem: Naval Enforcement in the U.S.–Iran Conflict By Mark NevittAt the 60-Day Mark, the Iran War is Triply Illegal By Tess Bridgeman and Oona A. Hathaway

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 1, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityInsurgent Offensive in Mali Exposes the Deficiencies of Junta-led Security in the Sahel By Lesley Anne WarnerPioneering Plunder: How to Stop Modern Profiteering in Public Office By Abigail BellowsThe Oral Argument in Cisco By William S. Dodge

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 April 30, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityThe United States-Cuba Oil Embargo and International Law By Rob McLaughlin and Michael SchmittThe United States-Cuba Oil Embargo and International Law By Rob McLaughlin and Michael Schmitt

"The Governance Gap Mythos Exposed—And How to Address It" by Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat Published on April 29, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 April 29, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security To Counter Rising Political Violence, America Needs to Reinforce Its Early Warning Infrastructure by Sam JonesApply the Minnesota Protocol to ICE’s Summary Executions by Todd Howland

"To Counter Rising Political Violence, America Needs to Reinforce Its Early Warning Infrastructure" by Sam Jones Published on April 28, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 April 28, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security The Unraveling of the North Atlantic Bargain By Jackson Janes and Markus ZienerNIST Can’t Keep Up. The Whole Digital Ecosystem Will Soon Feel It By Joe Toomey

"The Unraveling of the North Atlantic Bargain" by Jackson Janes and Markus ZienernPublished on April 27, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 27, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just Security:Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches By Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah JamesThe Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center By Andrew WeissmannCybersecurity Meets Geopolitics at Top EU Court By Patryk Pawlak

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 April 24, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityFormer FBI General Counsel Weissmann on FISA Reforms Ryan Goodman interview with Andrew WeissmannUkrainian Children Under Russian Control: Why Tracing, Return, Reintegration, and Justice Must Be Addressed Together by Kateryna Rashevska

"Ukrainian Children Under Russian Control: Why Tracing, Return, Reintegration, and Justice Must Be Addressed Together" by Kateryna RashevskaPublished on April 23, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 23, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityThe Fatal Flaws in Georgia’s National Police Modernization By Giorgi Meladze and Tamar GamkrelidzeOn Ambassador Waltz’s Defense of Potential Law of War Violations in Iran Conflict By Michael Schmitt, Tess Bridgeman, and Ryan GoodmanFormer FBI General Counsel Weissmann on FISA Reforms By Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman

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 April 22, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityThe Meta Oversight Board’s Advisory Opinion on Global Community Notes Rollout: Another Check on Platform Power? by Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew and Maria O’SullivanIn the U.N.’s Counterterrorism Strategy Review, the Imperative of Global South Civil Society Participation by SatkunanathanBosnian Serb Secessionists Wield Islamophobia to Gain International Support for Their Cause by Ben Gerstein

"The Fatal Flaws in Georgia’s National Police Modernization" by Giorgi Meladze and Tamar GamkrelidzePublished on April 22, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

"The Meta Oversight Board’s Advisory Opinion on Global Community Notes Rollout: Another Check on Platform Power?" by Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew and Maria O’SullivanPublished on April 21, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 21, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityImprovidently Granted: The Sleeper Supreme Court Case Affecting the Rights of 12.8 Million Green Card Holders By Nancy MorawetzA Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War By Michael SchmittThe International Rule of Law: A Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting By David Matyas

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 April 20, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just SecurityThe Missing Convener: NSC’s Diminished Role and the Future of U.S. Investment Security By Eric S. JohnsonThe Constitution’s Forgotten Term Limit on Military Power By Matthew B. Lawrence and Mark NevittAfrica’s AI Strategies Cannot Say No By Samuel W. Ugwumba

"The Constitution’s Forgotten Term Limit on Military Power" by Matthew B. Lawrence and Mark NevittPublished on April 17, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 April 17, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityThe Just Security Podcast: Hungary After Orban By Zsuzsanna Végh and Viola GiengerCisco’s Real Stakes: Digitally Aiding and Abetting By Harold Hongju KohWidespread and Systematic Disappearances in Mexico: An Urgent Call for UN Action Under the Convention on Enforced DisappearancesBy Hélène Tigroudja

"Fleeing Sudan’s War: Refugees Detail Three Years of Trauma" by Jehanne Henry  Published on April 16, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 April 16, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityIs the Government Using Counterterrorism Surveillance Tools to Surveil American Companies? By Patrick G. EddingtonThe Presidential Records Act is Constitutional By Christopher FonzoneThe International Legal Consequences and Imprudence of U.S. Assistance to Kurdish Rebels in Iran By Sanmay Moitra

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 April 15, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecuritySeparating Fact from Fiction in FACE Act Enforcement by Regan Rush and Megan MarksBogus “Antifa” Designations and FBI Warrantless Access to Americans’ Communications by Ryan GoodmanThe Trump Administration’s Fraud Problem by Reed Shaw1,000 Days and Counting: A Father, A Professor, and a Government That Won’t Let Go by Emin Bayramli

"1,000 Days and Counting: A Father, A Professor, and a Government That Won’t Let Go" by Emin Bayramli Published on April 14, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 14, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityMined and Blockaded: Iran’s Unlawful Mining and the U.S. Port Blockade By Mark NevittSome Questions for Congress About Trump’s Request for Funding for the Board of Peace By Michael Mattler

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 April 13, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just SecurityNo, There Isn’t a Trans Shooter Problem By Luke BaumgartnerThe Tightrope Walk of Democratic Defense: Lessons from Taiwan’s Platform Governance Challenge By You-Hao LaiGlobal Crises, Local Impacts: How Mayors Need to Prepare By William Peduto and Nancy Rodkin Rotering

"Global Crises, Local Impacts: How Mayors Need to Prepare" by William Peduto and Nancy Rodkin RoteringPublished on April 10, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 10, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityAmid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran Is Starving Sudanby Rachel GeorgeCodifying Forced Marriage in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention: From Jurisprudence to Treaty Textby Elise Keppler and Maryanne Koussa

"Amid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran Is Starving Sudan" by Rachel George  Published on April 9, 2026 at Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world. 

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 April 9, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityContinuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone Fails by Mark Nevitt

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 April 8, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityReprisals and the Paradox of Trust: Why Threats of Retaliation in the Iran War are Unlikely to Work by Eliav LieblichHungary’s Election Could End Orbán’s Rule — But Will It End His Power? by Zsuzsanna VéghThe Dangers of Hegseth’s “Warfighter” Ethos by Allison McManus

"Hungary’s Election Could End Orbán’s Rule — But Will It End His Power?" by Zsuzsanna VéghPublished on Friday, April 7th, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 7, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityMyths and Facts About Section 702 Backdoor Searches: A Reply to George Croner By Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah JamesThe Anti-Stonewalling Playbook: How Congress Can Plan Now to Counter Executive Branch Obstruction Next Term By Sara ZdebWhen War Crimes Rhetoric Becomes Battlefield Reality: The Slippery Slope to Total War on Iran By Margaret Donovan and Rachel VanLandingham, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)

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 April 6, 2026, on Just Security.  ICYMI: Last Week on Just SecurityHow Good is Our Intelligence on Iran? By Marc Polymeropoulos and Jeremy HurewitzGlobal Governance of Emerging Technologies: Counterterrorism Challenges at the United Nations Security Council By David SchariaThe Unconstitutionality of the Trump Administration’s New Executive Order on Elections By Chris Hardee

"Ukraine’s Long-Term Landmine Problem" by Brian Dooley and Suchita UppalPublished on Friday, April 3rd, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 3, 2026, on Just Security.  “Precision Strike Missiles” (PrSMs) in Iran War: The U.S. Obligation to Conduct a Legal Review of New Weapons by Michael W. MeierOver 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes by Tom Dannenbaum, Rebecca Hamilton, Adil Ahmad Haque, Oona A. Hathaway and Gabor RonaWashington Is Backing the Wrong Lebanon Strategy by Nadim Houry

Washington Is Backing the Wrong Lebanon Strategy by Nadim Houry. Published on Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 2nd, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityThe Trump Administration Is Sabotaging Its Own Arctic Strategy by Michael SchifferKhamenei’s Killing and the Perilous Death of the Assassination Ban by Luca Trenta and Arturo Jimenez-BacardiA Feasible Precaution Ignored: AI Targeting Algorithms and the Failure to Recognize Protected Emblems by Michael LoftusWhere the Law Gets Thin: The Jurisdictional Gap Pirates Exploit by Saby Martinez

Where the Law Gets Thin: The Jurisdictional Gap Pirates Exploit by Saby Martinez.Published on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 on Just Security, an essential resource for those shaping a just and secure world.

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 April 1, 2026, on Just Security.   ICYMI: Yesterday on Just SecurityStatement by Israeli International Law Scholars Concerning Israel’s New “Death Penalty for Terrorists” Law by Eliav Lieblich, Yael Ronen, Michal Saliternik and Yuval ShanyWhat the Latest Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Reveals About Global Rights by Beth Van Schaack, Jessica Anania and Vicka HeidtThe Truth Behind Section 702 Query Statistics by Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah JamesA Response to the Brennan Center’s “Myths and Facts” on Section 702 Backdoor Searches by George CronerA Survey of Sovereign Standing: Developments in State-Led Lawsuits Against the Federal Government by Bethany Davis Noll and Sofia DeSimoneThe Financial Action Task Force: An Accountability Mechanism for the United States by Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery, Sarah Gardiner and Poorvika Mehra