Series 1

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

8 EPISODES • 2024

Season 1 of Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? was released on June 26 and consists of 8 episodes.

Episodes

1: Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide

Jun 26, 2024

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.

2: Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers

Jul 3, 2024

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.

3: Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing

Jul 10, 2024

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.

4: Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future

Jul 24, 2024

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.

5: Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal

Jul 31, 2024

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?

6: Libya – If You Break It You Own It

Aug 7, 2024

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.

7: Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing

Aug 14, 2024

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.

8: Syria – A Loop of Imperfection

Aug 21, 2024

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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