He is serving as the Interim Director of Syracuse’s Middle Eastern Studies Program. Khalil is the author of America’s Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State (Harvard University Press, 2016), which was named by Foreign Affairs as a Best Book of 2017. He is the co-founder and board member of Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network. He has been a frequent media commentator and contributor, including for the Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Al Akhbar, The National, and Al Jazeera.