Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
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?
Cast: Meryl Streep
14HDCC
Series 1
8 episodes
1. Iraq: For Every Insect There is an InsecticideExploring 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.14CC57minJun 26, 2024
2. Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy SoldiersAs 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.14CC57minJul 3, 2024
3. Rwanda – That Was a Local ThingWhy 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.14CC57minJul 10, 2024
4. Kosovo – In the Name of Our FutureMuslim 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.14CC57minJul 24, 2024
5. Darfur – Carrots for a War CriminalIn 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?14CC57minJul 31, 2024
6. Libya – If You Break It You Own ItWhen 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.14CC57minAug 7, 2024
7. Syria – The Risk of Doing NothingObama 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.14CC57minAug 14, 2024
8. Syria – A Loop of ImperfectionAmerica’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.14CC57minAug 21, 2024
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Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
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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?
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Dror Moreh
- Created by
- Dror Moreh
- Cast
- Meryl Streep
- Studio
- Dror Moreh Productions, BBC Studios
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Audio languages
English
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