I often do the "background check" of the writers that smell propaganda/psyop. What did they write and when they wrote it.

If you do just a quick check of what this guy wrote, you'll see he isn't just "a critic".

His Ukraine-related articles are the real litmus test. He's literally spewing the russian propaganda nonsense.

I had a look, maybe, to me he just looks like bog-standard D.C libertarian think-tank type of guy. The Cato institute positions itself as libertarian non-interventionist (founded by American libertarians and a billionaire), so it would be consistent with their viewpoint. To me it seems more likely the shilling going on here is domestic rather than foreign.

He seems to have been sacked by Cato for his Ukraine views https://twitter.com/AltAltLeft/status/1646505224457138176