WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, March 17 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Acclaimed political scientist Francis Fukuyama to speak at Commencement * 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 Seni more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following recorded conversation on March 17, 2026, involving senior fellow Michael E. Hartmann and John O. McGinnis, George C. Dix professor in Constitutional Law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law: * * * Author interview: Why Democracy Needs the Rich (part 1 of 2) Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professor John O. McGinnis discusses his new book. Editorial note: this essay originally appeared at The Giving Review. *  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on March 17, 2026, by senior non-resident fellow Andy Pryce: * * * UK Must Follow Allies on AI Lies The UK is constantly targeted by enemies seeking to change its politics through manipulation. It must follow the lead of France and others to take action. * France's first strategy to combat information manipulation, published in February, details four pillars: mobilizing the nation; regulating pla more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on March 17, 2026, by Antonia-Laura Pup, research assistant at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University: * * * Romania Makes Allies Great Again War makes strange allies (and opponents), as the US administration discovered in Romania. * Romania's liberal government not only agreed to a US request to use the enormous Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Constanta as part of Operation Epi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on March 17, 2026, by journalist Bartosz Kielak: * * * Sausage and the Language of Belarusian Dictatorship Despite being freed by the Belarusian dictatorship, Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski says the West should recognize hostage diplomacy as a dead end. * "Does Belarusian give us more sausage?" It is a question the Belarusian dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka once put to his own people. What does t more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, March 17 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * Data visualisation casts new light on Scottish political landscape * A visualisation of voters' choices in the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums has revealed that the country's political landscape is more varied than commonly understood. University of Glasgow researchers have analysed UK Electoral Commission data from the 2014 and 2016 polls to produce a cartogram - a map which uses distort more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 18 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Thoughts don't kill people, but study suggests options for keeping guns from doing so Seven percent of Americans have thought of shooting someone, but many either told someone, are open to giving their gun to someone for safekeeping, or didn't have a firearm at the time Author: Kara Gavin, Research and Policy Media Relations Manager Millions more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * NAMRU San Antonio conducts gap-driven research for operations in extreme cold * OINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - To support the future warfighter, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio researchers took part in Arctic Edge 2026 held in Alaska from Feb. 23 to March 13. Arctic Edge, a U.S homeland defense exercise demonstrating U.S. militar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * U.S. Will Release 172 Million Barrels of Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve * Key Takeaways 1 Member states of the IEA have agreed to release 400 million barrels of strategic reserves in the wake of Iran's closure and mining of the Strait of Hormuz. 2 The U.S. share will be 172 million barrels over four months, beginning next week in conjunction with other members more PR