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Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

2024•57m•14•Documentary
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No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering - who has responsibility to act?

Dror Moreh · Director

Mark Danner · Writer

Dror Moreh · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime57m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 26, 2024

Episodes

Episode 1 - Iraq: For Every Insect There is an InsecticideE157m

Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide

Exploring the US's complicated relationship with Iraq, first supporting the country during the Iran-Iraq war but then turning against it after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.

Jun 26, 2024

Episode 2 - Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy SoldiersE257m

Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers

As the Balkans deteriorate into a series of bloody wars, President Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright must decide whether to use force to save innocent civilians from genocide.

Jul 3, 2024

Episode 3 - Rwanda – That Was a Local ThingE357m

Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing

Why did the world stand by in 1994 as nearly one million people were murdered over one hundred days of terror in Rwanda? American diplomats describe events on the ground.

Jul 10, 2024

Episode 4 - Kosovo – In the Name of Our FutureE457m

Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future

Muslim separatists in the Kosovo region rekindle old conflicts, leading Clinton’s White House to consider Serbian President Milošević’s regime a threat to their own civilians.

Jul 24, 2024

Episode 5 - Darfur – Carrots for a War CriminalE557m

Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal

In 2003, hundreds of thousands of Americans protested about ethnic cleansing in Sudan. Following Obama’s 2008 election success, could some of those people, now in office, make a difference?

Jul 31, 2024

Episode 6 - Libya – If You Break It You Own ItE657m

Libya – If You Break It You Own It

When Gaddafi declared his intention to 'disinfect' Benghazi, Obama faced a dilemma, have previously told the younger Arab generation 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.

Aug 7, 2024

Episode 7 - Syria – The Risk of Doing NothingE757m

Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing

Obama did not want to be dragged into another war in the Middle East, but when the Syrian regime began to consider the use of chemical weapons, he warned them they would be crossing a red line.

Aug 14, 2024

Episode 8 - Syria – A Loop of ImperfectionE857m

Syria – A Loop of Imperfection

America’s unwillingness to act after a chemical attack, causes Syrian rebels to despair. Obama concludes that there is no scenario where intervention in Syria would give a desired outcome.

Aug 21, 2024

Actors

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Narrator (voice)

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