post cold war

A new project from the depths of my tired brain. Originally a one off map based on an idea soon turned into it's own project I've shared on discord and both Wikibox, Map, and personal threads, after thinking about it I think making it's own thread just creates less clutter for both...

Let's say in alternative Dayton agreement Serbian Republic of Bosnia / Republika Srpska is splitted in two on that condition: northern part with the capital in Banja Luka is granted independence but the southern, more sparsely populated, stay as a part Bosnia, now splitted into cantons...

So let's say it's late 2007. Incumbent president of Russia Vladimir Putin is serving his final term since he's limited to two. Instead of deciding in becoming Prime Minister and return to presidency in 2012 as he did in OTL, he decides to follow famous political precedent set by Washington and...

One of my favorite works here is 1983: Doomsday and that hinges on a Soviet false alarm being acted on by someone who isn't Petrov. Something that it's made me think of is something like this happening more recently, and thought about Russia getting a false alarm a couple weeks after MH 17 was...

US backs China durring the Sino-Soviet split = China becomes the #1 contender to usurp the US as the planet's foremost economic and military power. US backs the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan = America spends everyday playing whack-a-mole with various branches of Al-Qaeda. US...

I'm posting a prologue to set the mood for my sequel and give everyone an idea of where I plan to take this story while I work on cleaning up the original and adding some content for publication. I am so grateful for the people I met writing this story, for all the feedback, for the Turtledove...

ALAN KEYES' END OF HISTORY “At the end of history, there are no serious ideological competitors left to liberal democracy. " -Francis Fukuyama “At the drop of a hat, Mr. Keyes could deliver a grammatically flawless disquisition on virtually any topic. On the stump, he could wind himself up...

During the transition from communism to market economy the birth rates/fertility rates of most of Eastern Europe decreased. How could this be avoided...

After the Cold War, the economy of Hungary experienced a serious setback, when it shifted its economy back to being market-based, which was made even worse with the industry-killing wild-privatisation. If the shift would have went a bit more smoothly and after that, the reckless...

In 1962 Operation Northwoods was proposed in response to Cuba being under communist rule. The false flag operation was a plan to commit terrorist acts within the United States and blame in on Cuba in order to rally the people and have justified military action in Cuba. Link:Operation Northwoods...