Conclusion

This concluding chapter summarizes the argument: it outlines the roles exiles play in the homeland and the corrective functions these roles can perform. It explores two tensions that run through exile politics: first, between exiles’ duties to assist those in the homeland and their entitlement to pursue their own ideals and interests; and second, between exiles’ reliance on third parties to enable exiles’ different roles and their ability to correct asymmetries with third parties. It concludes by briefly considers the implications of exile politics for duties to exiles.