birth_place field work_institutions birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
beirut , lebanon middle eastern studies , persian gulf studies university stanford university , middle east institute of virginia , rand corporation , ucla , 1954 '' '' succession in saudi arabia '' power and succession in arab monarchies '' , joseph a. kéchichian
 joseph kéchichian university of virginia
joseph a. kéchichian

joseph a. kéchichian -lrb- -rrb- is a political scientist and senior fellow at the king faisal center for research and islamic studies -lrb- kfcris -rrb- , in riyadh , saudi arabia ; the ceo of kéchichian & associates , llc , a consulting partnership that provides analysis on the , persian gulf region , specializing in the domestic and regional concerns of bahrain , iran , iraq , kuwait , oman , qatar , saudi arabia , the united arab emirates and the yemen ; and a senior writer with the dubai-based english-language news daily `` gulf news '' .
he served as the honorary consul of the sultanate of oman in los angeles , california from 2006 to 2011 .
