On the subject of export-controls (of biological agents as well as dual-use equipment that can be used for bioweapons), the Australia Group is a valuable ongoing laboratory for policy. But the policies whose value it establishes will eventually have to be made mandatory on a global scale to be completely effective. For example: Of the nations that as of last year had germ banks that make anthrax available, seven—China, India, Iran, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand, and Venezuela—aren't part of the Australia Group. And bioweapons inspections are wholly outside of the Australia Group's compass. The Biological Weapons Convention is the only plausible existing vehicle for them. For a good database covering the world's various ongoing attempts to control weapons of mass destruction, see the Web site of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute for International Studies.