ABSTRACT
This chapter concludes the book, highlighting the main findings and their significance for scholars and policymakers. The first section reviews in what way what was presented can be characterized as a Critical Realist explanation, and what added value such an explanation provides. A summary analysis of the core research findings is also provided, addressing not only the comparison of states but also the comparison of types of security agencies. The second section seeks to sketch a program for future security cooperation research, covering both conceptualization and theorization. The third and final section ends the book by addressing the findings’ policy implications, albeit with a "Critical" twist. Here, a trichotomy of subjectivity is presented, showing how policy goals such as security and autonomy are both fallible, foundationless, and political.
