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While we may think there would be a strong reluctance by many to reopen constitutional issues other than just amending it to remove references to Quebec, the manner of amendment after 1982 means that if say 5 provinces want to address something in the constitution alongside the Quebec...

Interesting points both of you, though I'm more inclined to think that overoceans is right. Firstly if we assume the 1995 referendum goes differently (since it was the closest), then: 1. this probably results in at least a few Quebec Superior Court and Canadian Supreme Court cases... 2. Given...

That still wouldn't give Taiwan a shot at a seat. In any case some small countries do get a say in terms of vetoes once they are chummy enough with one of the P5. Look at what @NotedCoyote referred to. Palestinian membership was never going to be in Israeli interests in 2011, but Israel didn't...

As @Cuirassier noted, Nazarbayev came to the scene when the union was already dying. On the other hand Nazarbayev himself reportedly turned down the offer of the Vice Presidency of the Soviet Union by Gorbachev which given the title of the post meant the offer had to be in late 1990 and so...

Yea, that's what I've been suggesting. Because in OTL Andropov with his failing health pushed for Gorbachev in 1984. In any TL where he gets an extra 6 or so years a lot could happen between 1984 and 1990. After all Andropov and most of the politburo were initially against sending large scale...

Andropov's rise to power after being the longest serving chairman of the KGB would suggest otherwise. Beria's memory did cast a long shadow and it had an effect insofar as any future leadership contenders had to give up control of the KGB if they had any chance of becoming a leader in the state...

I agree on both which is why I said it was unlikely. It isn't impossible though (besides Stalin we also had Beria from Georgia who was also part of a troika and a leadership contender). It is more likely that Lukashenko gets drawn in to the Politburo or Central Committee at some point (in...

If Andropov lives until 1990, a further 8 years, I am not sure if it would be a given that Gorbachev would succeed him. Besides Gorbachev there was Grigory Romanov, Yegor Ligachev and Nikolai Ryzhkov who Andropov might eventually come to favour. This fella even notes that prior to Andropov's OTL...

Yes, assuming Dirksen can help Nixon win Illinois (not a given, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr didn't help Nixon win Massachussetts), that gets Nixon to 246. Michigan he lost by 66,000 votes, whereas Missouri he lost by around 10,000 votes. Missouri looks more likely to be flipped than Michigan but that...

Sorry, it still doesn't seem quite right to me. Reading up a bit (on Wikipedia admittledly) it was mentioned that Russia had been sending emissaries to parts of Greece since the 1760s to try to stir up a revolt and establish a pro-Russian Greek state - so clearly they didn't only ever envision...

Ah, gotcha. I see what you meant now.

The thing is, it was about sea access that wasn't dependent upon Austria (and preferably on the Adriatic). That was Serbia's goal after that thug Apis murdered Alexander and a different dynasty came to the throne. Austria (understandably) preferred the old situation whereby Serbia depended on...

Besides which I'm almost certain that Bush in 2001 genuinely meant to not bomb Afghanistan if the Taliban complied with the September 20th ultimatum to hand over those responsible, close down the training camps, release foreign nationals and allow the US to inspect the training camps. Austria's...

If I recall correctly Bush did offer not to intervene in/bomb Afghanistan if the Taliban leader gave up Osama no? Are you suggesting that even if Osama was given up that the US was going to bomb them anyway as Austria intended to do with Serbia? You have any sources for that? Also, I think its...

Firstly while they acted as lone wolves, Anarchism at the time was noticeably popular to the point where you had various national and international federations of anarchists and anarchist congresses (there was one in Amsterdam in 1907 for instance). It would not have been hard at the time to...

I suspect that's because the assassination quickly became a tool for a majority in the Austrian government to fulfill certain Balkan dreams and this became very clear to everyone early on. As @TDM said earlier Austria-Hungary had become "Too quick to set policy but too slow to enact it before it...

Yes I saw that and thanks, but it would still be nice to know when the Russian declaration that you referred to was made. A massive assumption and it also assumes that the Russians would be less interested in finding some culprits (who were also not the King or Prime Minister of Serbia) as...

To be honest I'm not sure quoting newspaper articles made after the War was already over 2 months old (even if from the New England Stamp Monthly) really gives us much insight on what @SealTheRealDeal was alluding to about how things might have turned out had the Austrians acted differently in...

Okay, but on what exact date was that Russian declaration made? Also the assumption being made here is that Russia and France would support an international investigation in which Serbia could be found responsible. Certainly. However that's only really possible anyway if for instance...

Any good sources to read up on that? Also, when exactly was that declaration made? Also, I think you might be confused. I never referred to the Austro-Hungarian investigation (which is what you are clearly talking about), I was referring to a possible international investigation which was...