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Taiwan Gets Invited to RIMPAC? Best to Consider the Fine Print

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Taiwan Gets Invited to RIMPAC? Best to Consider the Fine Print
U.S. military Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) from the USS Rushmore roll up on the beach during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercise at Bellows Beach on Bellows Air Force Base, east of Honolulu on July 20, 2004. Marco Garcia/Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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President Joe Biden just signed this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2022) after Congress approved the measure. NDAA 2022 specifically calls for inviting Taiwan’s military to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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