The conclusion draws broader conclusions and implications for international relations theory. The identification of different logics among competing norm circles suggests that linear models of convergence are unlikely to hold. This has implications for regionalism that was expected to grow stronger, with nation-state sovereignties receding in importance – under one logic that would be the case, but under multiple logics there was no inevitability about it. Finally the manner of a norm circle’s ‘victory’ in a regional domain has implications for legitimacy and further contestation. The chapter ends with policy implications from the study.