Every year, the East-West Center in Honolulu calls together analysts from around Asia and other parts of the world to discuss the security situation in the Asia Pacific region.

They’ve just released results from the latest survey, and guess what? A “clear majority” of the analysts think the U.S.-led war on terror has actually increased or spread the danger of terrorism in the Asian region.

Only one faction of analysts didn’t agree with that assessment: U.S. analysts.

As a corollary to the view that America may be making matters worse, many security analysts don’t want Washington to act unilaterally but prefer “U.N. coordination and authorization of international military responses” to terrorism.

“A large majority believes that any future military responses to terrorism should be authorized by the United Nations,” says a press release from the center, a think tank.

The report says that respondents across the region “agree strongly that organized international terrorist networks pose an active or serious threat to their country. South Asian analysts are the most worried and those from Oceania the least so…”

So who are these analysts? I can’t answer that. No names are given in the report. Anonymity is offered to get a better feel for the thinking of top regional security analysts. The report says they come from around Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America.

I’ve actually met a few people who take part in this annual exercise. My impression is that they are often retired senior military officers or civilians retired from senior posts in defense ministries or intelligence agencies.

Also of interest in the report: One of the long-term uncertainties for Asia-Pacific stability is whether the United States will consider China’s rise as a threat. A growing number of analysts believe that will be the U.S. posture.

Of course, there are dissenters. Where from? You guessed it: the United States.