Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Documentary examining the USs responsibilities as the worlds only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union.

2024 HD nullmin United Kingdom English

Dror Moreh Meryl Streep

Documentary History

genocide us military intelligence united states government international relations usa foreign policy peacekeeping

S1E1 - Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide 2024-06-26

Exploring the USs 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.

S1E2 - Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers 2024-07-03

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.

S1E3 - Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing 2024-07-10

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.

S1E4 - Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future 2024-07-24

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.

S1E5 - Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal 2024-07-31

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?

S1E6 - Libya – If You Break It You Own It 2024-08-07

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.

S1E7 - Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing 2024-08-14

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.

S1E8 - Syria – A Loop of Imperfection 2024-08-21

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.

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