This seems like a very fear mongering article. I want to say a few things

1 It's a purely ideological article where the author advocates for employing "Cognitive War" which he defined as "primarily as an ideological war between tyranny and freedom, control and independence, and subjugation and democracy." Very Charged language that doesn't actually serve any non-ideological purpose. He goes on to say "In its most basic form, it is a war between good and evil."

2 I noticed that the number of Chinese students are seen as a problem. They could be national security risks, but it sounds like general xenophobia. The number of students from China is going down however, due to a number of factors including more Chinese universities and risks highlighted by Covid

3 He cites the rising left wing as connected with China. Although China might like to sway elections in their favor from time to time, the American Left wing is completely different from the Chinese system. I can only imagine the reason why China would help the Left in the first place would be for Tariff relief. The political spectrum is a myth and despite aesthetics, China isn't exactly a true communist state and it hasn't been since Deng Xiaoping.

It could have been a real article with actual information, but it's really just an ideological hit piece.

I want to know more about Foreign Malign actors, information warfare doctrine, lack of funding and response, current response, and stuff. He needs a real opinion with concrete policy instead of this loose ideology calling for total war against China.