Careers in Foreign Service w/ Kyle Liston, US State Department

Join Kyle Liston, Special Assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, to discuss his career path and his Foreign Service experience in Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Iraq.

As a Political Officer, Kyle specialized in migration issues, the electoral process, the constitution, and civil society.

Before joining the State Department in 2013, Kyle was completing a PhD in Modern Middle Eastern and European History at Indiana University—Bloomington where he focused on Tunisia, Libya, and Italy during the colonial period.  As a Fulbright Hays and Boren Fellow, Kyle completed his dissertation research in Tunisia from 2009-2012.  He holds two Masters Degrees, one in North African Affairs, and the other in European History.  Kyle completed his BA in History at the University of Akron.

Kyle speaks Arabic, including Tunisian and Moroccan dialects, French, and Italian.