World Map 2000
Asami
Banned
The World At Large, 2000; and political alignment between the three "superpowers".
how powerful is China militarily compared to OTL China? In a standup fight with either the Soviets or the US near it's homeland and water, how would it fare?
I may have missed this earlier, but it seems like the Middle East is much more stable than OTL, with Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan firmed lock inside either the US or USSR spheres, rather than overrun by radical muslims. How did the Middle East manage to achieve this level of stability ITTL?
Wouldn't Bangladesh be also severely hit here, even if they were not hit by nuclear weapons? The Ganges run through India and goes to the sea in Bangladesh, and with the massive fallout of the catastrophic Kargil War, many, I mean many, many people would die.
Osama bin Laden, leading Press Secretary for the Sultan of Saudi Arabia, calls for "calm restraint in the coming days" by both sides.
With no culture wars and no offputting xeonophobic rhetoric from the GOP, it's probable that upwardly mobile immigrants vote with their pocketbooks and that a much larger proportion of them find their socio-economic interests adequately represented by the Republican Party.Here's another interesting thought: With Muslims undoubtedly less marginalized in the US ITTL, is it possible that they form a significant block in the Republican Party? I can easily see moderate Muslims and the Christian right finding common ground when it comes to social issues like gay marriage and abortion.
Here's another interesting thought: With Muslims undoubtedly less marginalized in the US ITTL, is it possible that they form a significant block in the Republican Party? I can easily see moderate Muslims and the Christian right finding common ground when it comes to social issues like gay marriage and abortion.
There are some people like me who need write out a TL in intricate detail, and there are those like SakuraF who do it in a concise but tactful way.
God how I hate being myself sometimes.
The survivors in India would probably call this the Kali Yuga.
I spat my coffee laughing after reading this
With a less zealous and no-longer quite anti-communist US, there was no need to overthrow the Iranian Shah or station troops in Saudi Arabia, and no Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, meaning Osama is less inclined to hate the US ITL and more content with his rich and comfortable life in Saudi Arabia.
What's with the apparently off-topic coup d'etat in Laos? Something is afoot there.
And speaking of nukes, does the apartheid regime in rump South Africa still hold on to them? With the devastation in the Indian subcontinent, there will be now more scrutiny on them, seeing as they would be desperate to cling onto power at any means possible now that SA is fragmented.
As for Han Solo and Darth Vader reuniting, we already have that in two Jack Ryan movies OTL. Though with a colder Cold War TTL, John Clancy's focus will have less to write about. With no Korean War and Vietnam War, the US would have less combat experience compared to OTL.
Here's another interesting thought: With Muslims undoubtedly less marginalized in the US ITTL, is it possible that they form a significant block in the Republican Party? I can easily see moderate Muslims and the Christian right finding common ground when it comes to social issues like gay marriage and abortion.
With no culture wars and no offputting xeonophobic rhetoric from the GOP, it's probable that upwardly mobile immigrants vote with their pocketbooks and that a much larger proportion of them find their socio-economic interests adequately represented by the Republican Party.
Which ties in with an observation: the chaos in the Asian subcontinent is certainly going to send large waves of Indian and Pakistani refugees to Europe, the US and Australia.
Well, the 2nd millenium ends with a bang.
An Unholy Alliance.
Another interesting thing would be American Muslims making names in politics.
I can't particularly think of any famous American Muslims in the 21st century... unless you guys want me to go with right-wing conspiracy cliches and make Barack Obama a Muslim... which is possible considering butterflies and all; but I'd rather not feed a circlejerk
Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali come to mind; but Malcolm X was radical and should be, by all intents and purposes dead by now; and Muhammad Ali has Parkinson's. A President with a degenerative illness may pass for okay in The West Wing, but not in IRL.