Mateo I. Cohen is a lecturer at Leiden University. A summa cum laude expert in democracy studies, his research articles on the Israeli right, conservative ideology, and democratic decay had been published in journals such as the European Constitutional Law Review and Israel Studies. His PhD project compares ideological justifications in decaying democracies governed by conservative parties. Besides his academic position, Mateo has written investigative and opinion pieces on Hebrew platforms such as Haaretz and The Seventh Eye, and regularly advises NGOs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Radicalized Conservatism in Israel is his third book and first research monograph.