Conclusion

Abstract

This chapter summarizes the main arguments and the main empirical findings, stressing the timeliness of insights gained through this inquiry. It situates this research in the broader international law and political science literature, discussing the implications for policymakers. However disconcerting the dissonance between the Islamic legal tradition and international law may appear, there are more similarities between these two legal systems than the policy world and the scholarship take into account. The chapter discusses the importance of Islamic education in shaping states’ preferences vis-à-vis international conflict management. The inherent diversity of the Islamic milieu cannot be overlooked. International dispute resolution is what states make of it and it is up to them to define these mechanisms. In an important way, international law constitutes a broad enough framework to grant ILS space to tailor conflict management venues to their own needs and preferences, as dictated by their domestic legal systems.