Dr. Joseph A. Kéchichian is Senior Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also the CEO of Kéchichian & Associates, LLC, a consulting partnership that provides analysis on the Arabian/Persian Gulf region, specializing in the domestic and regional concerns of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. He is also a Senior Writer with the Dubai-based Gulf News, which is the top-ranked English-language news daily in the United Arab Emirates. He served as the Honorary Consul of the Sultanate of Oman in Los Angeles, California (2006-11). His latest books include Legal and Political Reforms in Sa‘udi Arabia (Routledge, 2013), and ‘Iffat Al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen (Sussex Academic Press, 2015). Dr. Kéchichian received his doctorate from the University of Virginia.