James Kirchick is a journalist and the New York Times-bestselling author of “Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington” and “The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age.” A contributing opinion writer to the New York Times, a writer at large for Air Mail, and a contributor to the Axel Springer Global Reporters Project, he has reported from over 40 countries, and his writing has appeared in many publications including the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.