concert of europe

Basically, I’m thinking of a scenario where, faced with growing tensions, territorial and colonial disputes and arms races, the Great powers of the early 20th century come together at around the turn of the century or a little later but not after 1914 to found an international organisation, in...

What if the United Kingdom of the Netherlands stays united in 1830. As a result, Luxembourg isn’t split and stays united too, under the Dutch king who is Grand Duke of Luxembourg. What would have been the future of Luxembourg? How would the integration of it into The Netherlands go, or would...

The Belgian crown prince Leopold, who later became king Leopold II, had serious plans to invade The Netherlands in the 1850s and 1860s. In OTL, they were never realized. But what if in an alternate timeline, Belgium really attacked The Netherlands in let we say….. 1855?

Good afternoon, I am searching for a POD of the Netherlands. What I want to have is a POD in which The Netherlands stays/becomes a (middle-)great power in the 19th century and remains it in the 20th and 21th century. What I mean with Middle Great Power is a nation that is not like the real...

There were 3 missed chances otl wherein the Ottomans could have destroyed the Italian invading forces in Libya. A small squadron of destroyers had shadowed the Italian landing party during the start of the war, and had asked the tripoli government to directly fire at the landing forces whilst...

What if Napoleon instead of adopting the trappings and foundations of the First Empire, stays true to his old Republican ideals and maintains and eventually reforms the Consulate? How would this affect Europe and its political re-organization? What would happen to his various conquests if...

A German blockade of Venezuela, to ensure the payment of the nation’s debts, was under consideration in Germany as early as mid-1901. But it wasn’t until late 1902 that a plan was put into action. On the 9th of December of that year, following an unanswered ultimatum to Venezuela by both...

The Ottomans for a reason I don't know were not included in the Congress of Vienna, and Concert of Europe. But what if they had? I assume they were not due to Russian expansion in the Ottoman Empire still ripe. But let's just say they are added, what are the effects?