ASH Smyth

is a freelance foreign affairs journalist. He also writes for the Social Affairs Unit and contributes to StopSmilingOnline, Music Teacher magazine and the Brussels Journal. He has an MA in Intelligence and International Security, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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Jacob Zuma unzipped: a cartoon too far?

The ANC leadership is disgusted – but most South Africans see the joke, says ASH Smyth

First Posted September 12, 2008

Zimbabwe: it’s time for the West to go in

The Zimbabweans must be protected from Mugabe's brutality - and intervention is now the only solution

First Posted June 18, 2008

Let's be realistic about the use of torture

Legitimising the practice would allow it to be used more honestly and effectively, argues ASH Smyth

First Posted May 13, 2008

South African people thwart Mugabe

It is left to Durban's dockers to restore justice to Thabo Mbeki's Zimbabwe policy

First Posted April 18, 2008

When Chinese whispers are unnerving

Red Army officers have checked into a hotel in Mutare. Why? ASH Smyth looks for an answer

First Posted April 17, 2008

Zimbabwe: the window closes again

Both the West and Africa have left it too late to help in Zimbabwe, says ASH Smyth

First Posted April 14, 2008

Government opens new front on terror

Jacqui Smith understands the online terror threat, but does she know how to fix it, asks ASH Smyth

First Posted January 22, 2008

How South Africa can save itself

A criminologist believes he has the answers to the post-apartheid crimewave, writes Ash Smyth

First Posted October 23, 2007