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Vaughn Cockayne

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

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Rep. Mark Green promotes ‘buy nothing’ policy on China

Rep. Mark Green says the Trump administration is moving in the right direction on foreign policy, arguing that China is an existential threat and that gutting the U.S. Agency for International Development will further U.S. interests abroad.

March 14, 2025
FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

UAW charges VW with unfair production changes

The United Auto Workers filed an unfair labor practice charge against Volkswagen with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the car company of making significant changes to production at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant without consulting the union.

March 13, 2025
Chairman of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, hugs supporters during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Surprise Greenland vote may put a kink in Trump’s takeover dreams

Greenland's center-right, pro-independence Demokraatit Party won a shocking victory in parliamentary elections Tuesday, reaffirming enthusiasm for home rule even as President Trump says he is determined that the U.S. will eventually gain control of the island.

March 12, 2025
Long-range drones An-196 Liutyi of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stand in line before takeoff in undisclosed location, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) **FILE**

Ukraine to purchase 4.5 million FPV drones in 2025

Ukraine announced plans this week to buy 4.5 million first-person-view drones in 2025, a marked increase from its purchases in 2024 and a clear sign of the importance of unmanned warfare.

March 11, 2025
Prime Minister of Lesotho Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

U.S. trade partner Lesotho takes exception to Trump’s speech jibe

Officials in the southern African nation of Lesotho expressed shock and dismay Wednesday after President Donald Trump observed that "nobody has ever heard of" the country during his joint address to Congress the night before, saying they are preparing a diplomatic protest.

March 5, 2025