Jason Brownlee is an associate professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches courses on US foreign policy, Egyptian politics, and democratization. Proficient in Arabic, Brownlee has been traveling to and studying Egypt for over fifteen years. His first book, Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. His articles have appeared in a range of scholarly and policy journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, Harvard International Review, and Middle East Report. During 2010- 2011, Brownlee was a visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. He is completing a book on relations between the United States and the Egyptian security state.