WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 17 -- William and Mary issued the following news release:

Political scientist, international relations expert and author Francis Fukuyama will speak at William & Mary's 2026 Commencement ceremony as the university continues its celebration of the Year of Civic Leadership.

Fukuyama, best known for his book "The End of History and the Last Man," currently serves as the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and as a faculty member for the institute's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. He has longstanding connections to the Alma Mater of the Nation, and visited William & Mary last fall as a guest lecturer.

Fukuyama will receive a...