Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Series 1

Documentary examining the US's responsibilities as the world's only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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8 Episodes

Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide
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Iraq: For Every Insect There is an InsecticideDocumentary examining the US's responsibilities as the world's only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union. The first episode focuses on America'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.
Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
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Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy SoldiersAn examination of how the fall of the Berlin Wall prompted President George HW Bush to declare the age of a new world order, where 'rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle'. The programme explores incoming president Bill Clinton's position on using force to battle the conflict surrounding the seismic political changes in Eastern Europe at the time and the wars that broke out in the Balkans because of this.
Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing
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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.
Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future
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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.
Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal
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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?
Libya – If You Break It You Own It
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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.
Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing
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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.
Syria – A Loop of Imperfection
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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.