Khalil Al-Wazir is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto specialising in conflict resolution, and a Schwarzman Scholar alumnus. Before joining the programme, he authored the book 'Centrist Reflections on Political Philosophy' critiquing ideological extremes while emphasizing pragmatic policy. He also contributed to two UN Secretary-General reports, played a prominent role in a system-wide review of security sector reforms, and was awarded the United Nations Department for Safety and Security Under-Secretary-General's Excellence Award. Khalil launched Cruxible.co, a multilingual EdTech app.