Commentary President Joe Biden just signed this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2022) after Congress passed the bill. NDAA 2022 specifically calls for inviting Taiwan’s military to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise. The U.S. Navy hosts RIMPAC in Hawaii every two years and it is billed as the world’s largest maritime exercise. RIMPAC usually includes upwards of 20 navies, mostly from the Indo-Pacific region, but often a few outsiders. The 2020 exercise was scaled back. In 2018, Germany and Israel participated in the exercise. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was invited and attended in 2014 and 2016. But it had its invitation “withdrawn” in 2018 due to U.S.-China tensions and Chinese behavior at RIMPAC. Taiwan has never been invited to attend—and this year appears to be the first time the language has survived the final NDAA draft calling for Taiwan to be included in RIMPAC. …