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Suppose during the American colonization of the Philippines, America claims the all the islands in the South China Sea. Britain & France, the other powers in the region, accept this. When the Philippines gain independence in 1946, America retains control because their is no indigenous population...

The reason we didn't intervene in Syria is because David Cameron went to Parliament and received a "no" vote on war, making it difficult for the UK, as well as the US and France, to intervene. Then Russia got involved and a diplomatic solution was found. Suppose that doesn't happen. Obama...

How would American politics be altered if Reagan was a socially liberal, while still being an economic conservative? i.e. being pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-ERA, anti-drug war I don't think its ASB. Reagan supported the Therapeutic Abortion Act while governor of California, and opposed...

What if Simon Bolivar decided to kick all the Europeans out of South America and went after British, Dutch, and French holdings? Could those powers have beat him?

Suppose Spain stays out of those conflicts like it stayed out of WWI and WWII How much better off would Spain be in the 19th century?

Germany and Japan both had an interest in preventing Russia from becoming too powerful. For Germany, an alliance with Japan better protect their colonies in the Pacific. For Japan, it would balance out the alliance Russia had with France. How would this alliance change history?

How can we make it so the USA is the first country to abolish slavery. The POD cannot include the country losing the southern states early or the Louisiana Purchase not happening. The borders must be identical. This could mean pushing back abolition in other countries like the UK and France...

Suppose technology sped up a bit and OTL 60s era televisions are available in the 40s. Would Americans being able to view the war from their homes affect the conduct of WWII, similar to OTL Vietnam?

This question effects the 20th century but has a POD in the 19th. I'll just put it here. Suppose Britain loses Canada to the USA for whatever reason prior to Canada's confederation. Does Britain eventually create dominion status for Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland? Or do...

The USA has gotten in tons of wars this past century or so. How can we prevent all of them from occurring? How would the USA be different if it had been at peace since 1898?

http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/bin-ladens-plot-to-kill-manchester-united-star-beckham-and-arsenal-keeper-seaman/ During the 1998 World Cup in France, al Qaeda planned to do two things: 1. Blow up the English and American teams. 2. Hijack a plane to fly it into a nuclear reactor an inflict...

Obama is lucky these scandals came out after his reelection. Do you think if they came out a year earlier, Romney could have won?

During WWI, there were plans to partition the country. Had this occurred, would the Albanians have become Europe's version of the Kurds? i.e. a large nation with no state If this happened, would there be more Albanian terrorism as the nationalistic movement gradually turns to Islamism in...

The debate over the atom bombs in Japan is still potent today, even on AH.com. I feel that, because of the bombs, the Japanese are considered "less bad" even though they committed horrible atrocities too. Today, the Japanese government seems to use the bombs to absolve itself of crimes...

The world has tons of territorial disputes that work up both sides of the conflict. Falklands - UK/Argentina Kurils - Russia/Japan Senkakus - China/Japan Gibraltar - UK/Spain etc. Is there any way the USA can have a dispute of this magnitude? There are some disputes with Canada but nothing too...

Suppose slavery ends peacefully state-by-state, causing the civil war never to occur. Would American nationalism still develop? Or would people continue to identify with their own state? Could a loose-USA still exist in 2013 or would the federal government still get bigger regardless?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyk_Project I found this and thought it was interesting. The Soviets planned to undermine British imperialism by invading India. They had thought up two invasion routes they could use. One from Afghanistan (allying with some tribes) and another from Tibet...

Chavez tried to launch a military coup in 1992 bur ultimately failed. He ended up becoming the democratically elected president less than a decade later. Suppose Chavez succeeds in 1992. Will he have the same leverage to make his reforms without democratic legitimacy? How would Bush Sr...

Even though it was very soon after the first war, the U.S. and Mexico almost went to war in 1853 over the Mesila Valley. Franklin Pierce did almost bring troops to the region, as did Santa Anna, but they decided to solve it peacefully with the Gadsden Purchase. Pierce was an expansionist so...

This is a POD that never gets discussed: In the early 20th Century, a Constitutional Convention was almost called. The 17th Amendment, calling for the direct election of senators, kept getting vetoed by the Senate. :p To get around this, several states started calling for a Constitutional...