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From the inaugural issue of the Journal of Tourism Futures, Craig Webster (Nicosia) and Stanislav Ivanov (IUC): Geopolitical Drivers of Future Tourist Flows. Bill Wringe (Bilkent): Perp Walks as Punishment. Jennifer W. Reynolds (Oregon): Breaking BATNAs: Negotiation Lessons from Walter White. Julia Douthwaite (Notre Dame): Martyrdom, Terrorism, and the Rhetoric of Sacrifice: The Cases of Marat, Robespierre, and Loiserolles. From the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, Max Hantel (Rutgers): Toward a Sexual Difference Theory of Creolization. Jeffrey Frank reviews On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller by Richard Norton Smith. Sanford F. Schram (Hunter): Occupy Precarity. Dan Zahavi (Copenhagen): Is the Self a Social Construct? Wayne Foord (QUB): The Peaking of Liberal Democracy: Energy Scarcity, Food Security, and Insurgent Governance. Should we ban states and cities from offering big tax breaks for jobs? If we wanted to end the "economic development wars" once and for all, the only way to do it would be through national law — but is that a good idea? Jonathan Chait on how the GOP is trying to woo, suppress, minority vote. The truth is that there is no war between nerds and bros, because neither category truly exists. Bryce Covert on how it would actually be very simple to end homelessness forever. These are the grammar rules you don't need to follow: Jesse Singal interviews Steven Pinker, author of The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. Henry Farrell on how “explainer journalism” can do a better job at explaining. Legacy media: Frederic Filloux on the lost decade in six charts.