Just Security 194d ago

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 December 9th, 2025, on Just Security (https://www.justsecurity.org/126410/early-edition-december-5-2025/) .  ICYMI: yesterday on Just Security • Legal and Policy Options for a U.S-South Korea Nuclear Submarine Program (https://www.justsecurity.org/126497/us-south-korea-nuclear-submarine/) By Lowell H. Schwartz • The Quiet Rebalance in Transatlantic Intelligence (https://www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet-rebalance-transatlantic-intelligence/) By Brian O'Neill • Operation Southern Spear: Why the Crews, Drugs, and Boats are Not Targetable (https://www.justsecurity.org/126553/operation-southern-spear-international-law/)  By Michael Schmitt, Tess Bridgeman, and Ryan Goodman