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What it says on the title. What would have happened during the French Revolution if, somehow, the Girondin faction within the National Assembly managed to gain control of the levers of power? They seem generally to have been more moderate. Could the Terror and the collapse of the Revolution into...

This might be completely nuts, but is there any way that the ideas of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Marxism could be synthesized AND this synthesis could have significant influence on the politics of the Middle East? This is al-Afghani: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal-al-Din_al-Afghani...

According to Wikipedia: What if Brown hadn't made that comment? He likely would have won Wisconsin and narrowed the gap in New York without it. Does that give him enough momentum to drag the race out longer, or even win the nomination? If he wins the nomination, can he take the Presidency? I...

Would anyone be willing to work on a timeline I want to do? It would start in 1985 and end in 2012. In the TL, Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has a life-changing experience in his youth and becomes a politically active Republican, eventually being elected to Congress and becoming the...

What it says on the label. What happens to the development of France if the Fronde succeeds? By the Fronde I mean the first Fronde, the Fronde Parlementaire. The main PoD that I can think of is that the French lose the Battle of Lens, and the ensuing riots in Paris lead to the death of Cardinal...

What it says on the label. Could Sean Carter of Queens, New York, become politically active as a young person and eventually become a Republican politician? His music OTL seems to often be anti-government, and his rags-to-riches story might make him more open to the ideas of market-based...

What is says. Make Djibouti a country with a successful economy and an authoritarian government. Bonus points if it has significant industry, is a financial centre, and/or has a largely immigrant population. More bonus points if its economy is radically free-market as well. No PoD before the end...

Exactly what it says? What would have happened if Bill Clinton hadn't been caught red-handed with a 21-year old campaign intern in the bathroom of a Denny's in Tennessee while on campaign in 1992, or had had the judgement to avoid the relationship all together? Who would have won the presidency?

This was crazy, thought Jeremy Schwartz as he was pushed with the crowd on the Washington Mall. It had only been two weeks since June 19th 2011, and the protests had continued to swell with people, mostly unemployed youth. Jeremy looked behind him. His little sister Anne and her boyfriend, Robb...

What it says on the label. Make Brazilian Integralism, or its ideological descendants (non-racist fascism) a international political ideology with a reasonable amount of strength. Suggested countries: India, South Africa, Indonesia, Israel-Palestine, Nigeria, etc.

In the event of a war between the Shah's Iran and Ba'athist Iraq over a Kurdish uprising in 1976 or 1977, who would win? Would the Americans and/or Soviets get militarily involved beyond sending aid? How would neighbouring countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Syria and Egypt react? Would...

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What it says on the tin. What happens if there is no Tito-Stalin spilt? Is there a Balkan Socialist Federation made from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania? Is the Cold War more intense?

Exactly what it says on the label. Could Jewish Khazaria survive as an independent state for longer than it did OTL? What would be the effects of this on our world today?

What if Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the de-facto leader of the Green Movement in Iran after the flawed 2009 elections, had been assassinated? What would have happened to the Green Movement? To the government? Who would get the blame? How would Iran look today?

I've been speculating about his on a few other threads. Would it be possible, with a PoD no earlier than the Revolutionary War, for Andrew Jackson to establish himself as a dictator? My logic for this is that Jackson's character was quite autocratic, even as he was a champion of the people...

What if, with a PoD no later than the beginning of the French Revolution, Robespierre had managed to gain and hold on to power for a longer period, and cleansed France of all of its monarchist class? How would France and the rest of Europe look? I'm considering writing a story called "201 A.R...

What if Israel, instead of stopping short of Cairo, Damascus, Amman, and Beirut, had continued their advance and captured or surrounded the Arab capitals? How would the Mideast look different? Would, for example, the Israelis establish a Palestinian puppet state in Jordan, and annex the West...