Jul 31,2015 Special Forum The South China Sea Disputes: Some Blindspots and Misperceptions The South China Sea disputes have in recent years emerged as, arguably, the most contentious issue on the security agenda in Southeast Asia. Fueled by heated rhetoric, mutual distrust, perceptions and misperceptions, and nationalism, it has become the most extensively discussed subject in the literature on security challenges in Southeast Asia, with experts expressing different, […] Liow Joseph Chinyong* EEZ , intra-ASEAN disputes , Regionalism , UNCLOS , US security