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Minister of Environment in InterimIraqi  Government (2004-2005); Professor at Baghdad University, College of Law (2001-2004) Chair of the Department of Public Administration - University of Qatar (2002-2004); Professor of political science - University of Tennessee, Ohio State University, University of Baghdad Staffer for Middle East and South Asia onU.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1979-1987); Middle East analyst on US State Department Policy Planning Staff President, C.COMM, Inc. (1993-present)] Senior Fellow, Joint Special Operations University (2008-present) Chairman Emeritus, Near East and North Africa Area Studies, Foreign Service Institute; Taught graduate courses at the Foreign Service Institute, Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins and National Defense University Founder & director of Middle Eastern Studies program at Syracuse University; associate professor of Political Science; Editor of the "Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East" book series and Book Review editor for the "International Journal of Middle East Studies" Currently teaches US Foreign Policy at American University; Previously held teaching positions in government and politics at Richmond College in Surrey, UK, the University of Kansas and Bowdoin College Former Deputy High Commissioner for the UN Commissioner for Refugees (2004-2006) and Assistant Administrator of the Asia/Near East Division of USAID (2002-2004)] US Ambassador to Pakistan (2001-2002) and to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (1996-1999) Editor, The Estimate, a biweekly newsletter of intelligence and analysis of the region;Professor and lecturer at numerous universities, including Georgetown University (1983-1991) and Utah State University (1976-1977) U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1996-2001); US Senator from Georgia (1987-1993); member of the Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Agriculture Committees President, International Energy Associates, Inc.; Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman (1985-1996) Bureau of Intelligence & Research (1979-1995); Has taught at the George Washington University, Johns Hopkins SAIS; Research Fellow at Bilkent University, Ankara Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan (2000-2004); Former Head of the Middle Eastern section of the Islamabad Institute of Strategic Studies Director-General, Egypt-Israel Multinational Force and Observers (1998-2004); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1994-1997); U.S. Ambassador to Yemen (1991-1994) International Monetary Fund (1972-2007);Lecturer in Economics at Government College in Lahore, Pakistan Professor at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies; Adjunct Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University; Former Director of the Middle East Studies Program at GWU’s Elliott School of CEO of Kéchichian & Associates, LLC, a consulting partnership providing analysis on the Arabian/Persian Gulf region; Honorary Consul of the Sultanate of Oman in Los Angeles, California Senior Advisor to US Delegation to the UN General Assembly (2003); Advisor to US Mission on Middle East issues before Security Council and General Assembly (2003) Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice (1962-1964), and Deputy Attorney General (1960-1962) in the Sudan; Former Speaker of the Sudan Constituent Assembly (1986-1988) Reporter and editor for The Washington Post (1966-1999, 2003) Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs (1990-1993) and U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1986-1989) President of Richard W. Murphy Associates (2004-present); Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia (1983-1989); U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania, Syria, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia (1971-1983) Correspondent for ]New York Time]s in Jerusalem (2003-2007); Previously reported for the Associated Press from Jerusalem, Islamabad, Moscow, and Johannesburg Director, Radio Free Iraq (1998-2004); Special envoy for public diplomacy to the Middle East during the February-March 1998 Iraq crisis; [[U.S. Ambassador to Yemen (1994-1997) and Iraq (1984-1988), where he was the first ambassador following the resumption of diplomatic relations U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (1975-1977), Lebanon (1977-1978), and Morocco (1978-1979). Also served in Egypt, Israel and Jordan Adjunct professor of International Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University;Advisor to Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH18) on Middle East issues; Co-founder and current President of the National Iranian American Council Charles A. Dana Professor of Government & Law at Lafayette College (1990 – present);Editor-in-Chief, Israel Studies Forum (2000 – present); President of the Association for Israel Studies (1995 – 1997) Formerly the Global Head of Strategy for HSBC Amanah Institute for Defense Analyses (November 2006–present); Senior Counselor to the Secretary of State’s Science and Technology Adviser on international cooperation in counter-terrorism and critical infrastructure protection Specialist with the World Bank Group (2003-2005); Served as spokesperson for United Nations peacekeeping operations in Western Sahara (1999-2001); Political Affairs Officer with United Nations peacekeeping operations in Tajikistan and the Central African Republic (1997-1999)
 * Minister of State for Human Development in Pakistan (2002-2008); Founder and Chairman of Americans for Peace and Justice in South Asia (1998-2002);   Founder and Co-Chairman, human Development Foundation of North America (1997-2001)

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