The Struggle for Abolition: Power and Legitimacy in Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy

This book investigates the pursuit by states, civil society groups, and international organisations of nuclear abolition. Detailing the evolution of the institutional architecture for multilateral nuclear disarmament from the 1960s onwards, it tells a story of clashing views of history, security, and the future.

Kjølv Egeland is a postdoctoral fellow with the Nuclear Knowledges Programme at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po in Paris. Completing his doctorate in International Relations at the University of Oxford in 2018, his research interests centre on international security, ideology, and multilateral diplomacy. Egeland’s work on nuclear arms control and disarmament has appeared in a range of leading social science journals. His article ’A Theory of Nuclear Disarmament’ was awarded the Bernard Brodie Prize in 2022.