On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss a Middle East intelligence failure, an overreliance on technology for security, asymmetric warfare, the end of Pax Americana, UK + US politics not tackling the big issues, global energy policies, ExxonMobil buys Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion, plus what they are reading and watching.

Timestamps:

1:25 | Middle East intelligence failure + overreliance on technology for security

17:40 | The end of Pax Americana?

24:10 | UK + US politics not tackling the big issues

37:07 | Global energy policies + ExxonMobil buys Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion

45:58 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

Diaries by Alan Clark

6 Days on Netflix

Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers by Simon Winchester

Beckham on Netflix