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Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide E1 57 min

1. 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.

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Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers E2 57 min

2. 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.

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Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing E3 57 min

3. 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.

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Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future E4 57 min

4. 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.

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Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal E5 57 min

5. 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?

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Libya – If You Break It You Own It E6 57 min

6. 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.

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Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing E7 57 min

7. 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.

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Syria – A Loop of Imperfection E8 57 min

8. 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.

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? poster

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? (2024)

0.0 (0) 1 Season 57m/ep 2024-06-26 GB

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?

Genres: Documentary

Stars: Meryl Streep