Márton Békés is a graduate of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, with degrees in history and political science. He earned his PhD in History in 2012. He was the editor-in-chief of two historical discussion series, Ősök Tere and Retrográd on Hír TV from 2009 to 2014, as well as the editor- in-chief of the news portal Jobbklikk. He has been the Research Director of the House of Terror Museum since 2014. He currently holds the position of editor-in-chief at Kommentár and the director of Institute for Research on Communism. His main area of research is the political history of the twentieth century and the history of ideologies in American neoconservatism. He has been the editor of five books, has co- authored three and authored six others; the last one was published in 2020 under the title Kulturális hadviselés (Cultural Warfare).