ABSTRACT
What has this study revealed? How has it advanced the investigation of interactivity between domestic and international politics? What further enquiry is warranted, and how might it proceed? An introductory criticism concerned the limited cross fertilisation between international and comparative political studies. Two cases in this study indicated how representatives from the Pacific Islands, drew implications from the global warming problem markedly different to those of their Australian counterparts. Comparativists might explain that contrasts by considering the nature and dynamics of relevant domestic interests, national institutions, and policy formulation processes. Analysis from International Relations might view them as responses to external constraints, incentives and advantages. Both approaches are valid but, between them, something seemed missing warranting fuller investigation.
