1990's

Between 1990 and 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to recreate the USSR into a democratic and less-centralized confederation. Communism would be abandoned and a multi-party democracy system would be introduced. The New Union Treaty would have made this possible, but the 1991 coup prevented all...

Moshood Abiola was elected presient of Nigeria during the 1993 elections, which were the final point of the transition from military rule initiated by Ibrahim Babangida. However, the election was nullifed by the National Electoral Comission with Ernest Shonekan becoming interim head of state...

DISCLAIMER: Please, remember the ''No current politics'' rule and don't discuss the ongoing armed conflict. I am talking about a scenario where the Supreme Soviet manages to oust Yeltsin during the 1993 constitutional crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis...

If the Kaliningradians are annexed, the Kaliningradians will have to move out. The Kaliningradians may move out or remain and be integrated into the country of the future. The future Poland would not lose the shipyards or naval facilities. Russia has the shipyards and facilities, so it will...

To start with, the story of Chile’s recovery and transition from dictatorship to democracy would have been very different. Pinochet’s election to the presidency in 1980 could have been viewed as a liberalization and democratization that could have transformed Chile. Instead, a more-authoritarian...

For a Better America 1996 Republican National Convention ----------------------------------------------------------------- Point of Divergence When the previous fiscal year ended on September 30, 1995, the Democratic president and the Republican-controlled Congress had not passed a budget. A...

Chapter 1: The Fall of An Empire *** Chapter 8 of Last Empire of Europe: The Soviet Union by Alexei Trymoshenko “The reporters and officials of Moscow gathered at Vnukovo airport after the end of the August Coup in the early hours of August 22 to welcome the president on his return from his...

So over the last few hours I’ve read a few threads about how a Bush victory in ‘92 affects future elections, the economy, pop culture, and the wars in the Middle East. But very little seem to touch on the foreign policy of his second term. For example what will he do in say...Somalia or Rwanda...

BREAKING- Prime Minister injured in London Bomb Attack - BBC News - 26th June 1999 The Prime Minister Tony Blair and several other people have been badly injured in a bomb attack presumed to be targeting him in London. The bombing is reported to have happened near Aldgate Tube station, and...

Russia Resurgent Chapter 1: 1996 Russian Elections Russia and the World held their breath as on 3rd July, the results of the 1996 elections came in. Many people today even wonder why Yeltsin even tried. Under him Russia had become the butt of all Western Country’s jokes and corruption, crime...

What is a realistic chance if Yeltsin became the president of USSR replacing Gorbachev and implementing disastrous reforms for the whole country as it happened OTL? Keep in mind, a lot of Soviet citizens at that time were against the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union may have...

Figured this was timely moment to review this potential PoD. Some choice comments from last discussion:

I know that Ross Perot was different candidate compared to Clinton or Bush in '92 election and his voters were most likely to vote for Clinton as they were to Bush. But what is most realistic way can we have H.W. Bush replacing Dan Quayle with Ross Perot as V.P. around May-June 1992 when Perot...

What if question since it did not happen in real life. What would have to take place for Democracy to survive in Russia 1992 to present? Has to be after the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Any ideas?

1990's Captain America, directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Stan Hey, is certainly one of Marvel's classics, if not a pretty good, fun predecessor to the MCMU [1]. Arnold Schwarzenegger was a brilliant actor for Cap, accent or not, and it even inspired the film's iconic subplot of...

After nearly a Decade since directing Batman and Batman Returns Tim Burton went back to the superhero genre with Superman Lives, bringing back the iconic Superman back to theaters since 1987 Coming to mixed to positive reviews

In 1988, Bill Clinton came close to declaring a run for President but he backed out at the last minute. What if Clinton had instead decided to run? Could he have won the Democratic nomination? If so, how would he have done against Bush? If not, how would Clinton's decision impact 1992? EDIT...

Okay, I first saw this: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/koopas-and-keyboards-nintendo-enters-pc-gaming.271798/ and i thought it was interesting. I Wonder what happened if ID Software approached Nintendo in 1990 about Super Mario Bros. 3 on PC but then Nintendo declined in our...

So as we all know, Former Vice President George Bush, who served as Vice President from 1981-1989 has passed away this past Friday. Bush narrowly lost the 1988 Presidential election to then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, but what if he managed to defeat Dukakis? How would Bush have...

The Graveyard Next Door: The Iranian Invasion of Afghanistan Prologue Flag of the United Islamic Front, known in the west as the Northern Alliance The year 1998 was almost half over, and the decades of turmoil that plagued Afghanistan raged on. Of course, the players had changed since the...