War diverts technology - for example aircraft were coming along fine prior to 1914, and would have continued to do so but the requirements of war pushed their development in a different direction. Now I can't recall the detail of this argument (I made it before in detail somewhere, after spending a few weeks studying the development of aircraft, but these days my memory is swiss cheese).
I don't see why it would be seen as likely that the colonial empires would still fall. Even in OTL they were ADDING to their size right through the 1930s etc, so with no wars to bankrupt the nations, they would develop as parts of the body politic of the ruling European regime
For example, dominion status is intended as an END not as a path to independence - once it has been obtained by a federal India then most of the impetus for pushing further would have been lost
Algeria was viewed as a PART OF France, and a France not weakened by 2 world wars is not going to lose it
Nicholas II won't live for ever, and even if he holds together an autocracy whoever succeeds him (and this is an unknown given the illness of his son, and the general failure to live beyond early middle age of such people - qv Prince Leopold of Albany) would have a good bet to sort things out. There may be upheavals and civil disorder but it seems most likely that a constitutional monarchy on the German or Austrian model would emerge
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I don't see why it would be seen as likely that the colonial empires would still fall. Even in OTL they were ADDING to their size right through the 1930s etc, so with no wars to bankrupt the nations, they would develop as parts of the body politic of the ruling European regime
For example, dominion status is intended as an END not as a path to independence - once it has been obtained by a federal India then most of the impetus for pushing further would have been lost
Algeria was viewed as a PART OF France, and a France not weakened by 2 world wars is not going to lose it
Nicholas II won't live for ever, and even if he holds together an autocracy whoever succeeds him (and this is an unknown given the illness of his son, and the general failure to live beyond early middle age of such people - qv Prince Leopold of Albany) would have a good bet to sort things out. There may be upheavals and civil disorder but it seems most likely that a constitutional monarchy on the German or Austrian model would emerge
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