collapse of ussr

Let's say that rather than Gorbachev a hardliner takes over (say Ligachyov) who clamps down on liberalism and in a last ditch attempt to avoid instability embraces neo-stalinist totalitarianism. This fails and order completely breaks down into the Second Russian Civil War that lasts until the...

In this scenario the US doesn't enter WW2 and the Germans reach the Ural mountains. This leaves the UK as the only enemy of the Reich. Can the British do anything in this scenario? Would they accept peace or just keep fighting in Africa and maybe harass the Kriegsmarine. I imagine the Germans...

When trying to do a TL where Germany wins WWII it always ends the same way, the USSR was too strong for Germany. Trying to wank Germany is unrealistic, but what if we do the opposite and weaken the Soviets. The USSR weakness will be that it no longer exists. Somehow, someway, it breaks apart...

Don’t wanna include this in the 'alternative World Cups thread' or 'Sporting What Ifs' as its more about an event that could potentially have impacted international politics timelines. The World Cup is the single most prestigious sporting tournament on the globe, even more watched than the...

Basically, with a point of divergence after 1949, what is the smallest possible change that would see the USSR collapsing in about 1991 plus the PRC collapsing by 2018 (giving the PRC the same 69-year lifespan of the USSR), but preferentially also around 1991? I can see maybe the PRC not...

When I was reading Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam, the book said that there were alternate plans to seize the Soviet embassy instead of the American one, owing to the USSR’s state ideology of godless Communism. This made...