This book represents an important contribution to debate on international environmental cooperation for students of international relations.

1. Domestic and international linkages in environmental politics Miranda A. Schreurs and Elizabeth C. Economy; 2. Chinese policy-making and global climate change: two-front diplomacy and the international community Elizabeth Economy; 3. The domestic politics of global biodiversity protection in the United Kingdom and the United States Kal Raustiala; 4. Domestic and international linkages in global environmental politics: a case study of the Montreal Protocol Joanne M. Kauffman; 5. The internationalization of environmental protection in the USSR and its successor states Robert G. Darst; 6. Domestic institutions and international environmental agendas in Japan and Germany Miranda A. Schreurs; 7. Zimbabwe and CITES: illustrating the reciprocal relationship between the state and the international regime Phyllis Mofson; 8. The European Union: bridging domestic and international environmental policy making Angela Liberatore.