Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? — Season 1, Episode 3: Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing

Episode synopsis

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.

About 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?

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide
• E2Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
• E4Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future
• E5Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal
• E6Libya – If You Break It You Own It
• E7Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing
• E8Syria – A Loop of Imperfection