Author: Thalif Deen

Thalif Deen, is IPS United Nations bureau chief and regional director North America, and has been covering the UN since the late 1970s. A former deputy news editor of the Sri Lanka Daily News, he was also a senior editorial writer for the Hongkong daily, The Standard. He has been runner-up and cited twice for “excellence in UN reporting” at the annual awards presentation of the UN Correspondents Association (UNCA). Deen is a former military editor Middle East/Africa at Jane’s Information Group in the US, a columnist for the Sri Lanka Sunday Times and a longtime UN correspondent for Asiaweek, Hongkong, and Jane’s Defence Weekly, London. He is a Fulbright scholar with a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, New York.

Nuclear Weapons, Far From Diminishing, Keep Rising

Dramatically evolving geopolitical tensions amid “dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats” are a stark wake-up call for States to take action to support the legally binding atomic weapon ban treaty, UN […]

Don’t Even Think About Starting a Nuclear War

In New York City, where streets in mid-town Manhattan are routinely congested and the traffic flow incredibly overwhelming, there is a warning sign outside some buildings that says it all:  […]

Join our mailing list and receive regular updates, insights, and expert opinions from leaders in nuclear disarmament and world peace.

Twitter Facebook-f Youtube Linkedin

Programs

About

News