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Vaughn Cockayne

vcockayne@washingtontimes.com

Vaughn Cockayne is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Washington Times. He is an Ohio native and holds a bachelor's degree in Multi-Platform Journalism from Bowling Green State University. Vaughn previously worked as a freelance writer, covering data security and privacy issues before joining The Washington Times. He can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Vaughn Cockayne

A woman holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as portraits of the late Iranian armed forces commanders, who were killed in Israeli strike in June, are seen at background, during a commemoration marking the first death anniversary of Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says it has detained over 2,000 in espionage probe

Iran has arrested more than 2,000 people who it says were part of a foreign espionage network that orchestrated attacks on the country during the 12-day war with Israel, Iran's military spokesperson announced Tuesday.

December 23, 2025
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE* *

Trump sets ‘spheres of influence’ approach; Latin America is strategic backyard

The underpinnings of a new Trump foreign policy doctrine are becoming clear as the president closes out the first year of his second term with a push toward what analysts describe as a 19th-century-style "spheres of influence" approach exemplified by the administration's focus on Venezuela and greater Latin America taking center stage.

December 22, 2025