ABSTRACT
In the conclusion, we first offer some thoughts addressing the main question posed in this volume: the absence of a non-Western IRT and possible explanations behind it. We then reflect on whether the question of a non-Western IRT is a meaningful one, and whether the way it is approached in this collection could result in a productive debate that would advance the discipline of IR. Although our empirical focus is on Asia, we suggest some insights that have more general relevance for non-Western IRT. To this end, we incorporate and compare insights from the Islamic world and reflections on the importance of world historical perspectives in advancing the prospects for non-Western IRT.
