The Centre for Asian Affairs of the University of Lodz had the pleasure of hosting Dr Joel Ng from the Singaporean think-tank S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), who gave a lecture on the theoretical perspectives on the geopolitical situation in the Indo-Pacific region. During the seminar, issues related to the role of Singapore in the era of intensifying Sino-American tensions and the perception of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were also discussed.