**Mike Giglio** is staff writer at *The Atlantic* based in Washington, DC. He has reported extensively on the conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine, and he spent five years based in Istanbul as a foreign correspondent for *Newsweek* and BuzzFeed News. His work has twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award and has won the Arthur F. Burns Prize. He is a graduate of Davidson College and native of New York. ([https://www.mikegiglio.com/](https://www.mikegiglio.com/), [https://twitter.com/mike_giglio](https://twitter.com/mike_giglio)) — from [publisher web site](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/mike-giglio/)