Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream

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?

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Series 1 · 1. Iraq – For Every Insect There Is an Insecticide
Series 1: 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.
⏱ 57 mins
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Tue 14 Jul · 21:45
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Tue 14 Jul · 21:45
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Series 1 · 2. Bosnia – Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
Series 1: 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.
⏱ 56 mins
Your Time
Tue 14 Jul · 22:45
UK
Tue 14 Jul · 22:45
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Episode
Series 1 · 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.
⏱ 57 mins
Time
Your Time
Tue 14 Jul · 21:45
UK
Tue 14 Jul · 21:45
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · 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.
⏱ 56 mins
Time
Your Time
Tue 14 Jul · 22:45
UK
Tue 14 Jul · 22:45

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Series 1 1. Iraq – For Every Insect There Is an Insecticide

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.
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 10pm 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 2. Bosnia – Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers

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.
Duration: 56 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 3. Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing

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.
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 4. Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future

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.
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 5. Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal

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?
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 6. Libya – If You Break It You Own It

6. Libya – If You Break It You Own It

When Gaddafi declared his intention to 'disinfect' Benghazi, Obama faced a dilemma, having previously told the younger Arab generation 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world'.
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 7. Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing

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.
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)
Series 1 8. Syria – A Loop of Imperfection

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.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 6 Aug 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 06 Aug 2027)

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