The Rwandan Genocide of 1994, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 800,000 individuals over 100 days, is frequently perceived as a rapid outbreak of long-standing ethnic conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis. This paper contends that although this perspective contains some truth, it overlooks the fact that the genocide was a deliberate political strategy employed by those in power to consolidate and maintain their control. Violence was not random. The government, media, and armed groups planned and carried it out. The government used radio to spread hate and make people think that killing others was a patriotic act. Simultaneously, people with moderate perspectives and political opponents, regardless of their ethnic background, were targeted and eliminated to suppress dissent and shift power dynamics in their favor. This paper also examines how the lack of robust international action was not just by chance. Instead, those perpetrating the violence used this situation to carry out their actions with little outside interference. This study employed a qualitative case study methodology utilizing survivor accounts, tribunal documents, official addresses, and scholarly works to investigate the institutionalization of mass violence as a means of political manipulation. Through a renewed examination of the Rwandan Genocide from the perspective of political strategy, this paper enhances our understanding of how authoritarian governments can use identity, fear, and international passivity to become dominant forces. This viewpoint highlights the critical need for the early identification of politically driven mass violence and the enhancement of global systems for prevention and accountability