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This is based on a strange dream I had, and it made me curious if there were some parts that were possible.
Essentially, the challenge is this:
A three-way cold war by the end of the 20th century/early 21st century, between
the United States,
Russia and
some sort of unified Middle Eastern nation.
Although Islam is dominant in this Middle Eastern nation, the nation does not see itself as specifically Islamic, although there may be political factions which do.
The U.S. may not be quite as powerful as OTL, with much less influence in the Eastern Hemisphere -- but it's still a superpower.
China is neutral, at least nominally, but I don't know what it's political ideology is. I'm not certain exactly what is going on in the rest of the world.
Bonus points to include some other parts of the dream, but I'm not making them part of the main challenge, since I think these may be ASB:
Israel exists as a Jewish state, but is still politically united with the rest of the Middle Eastern nation.
Spain is a semi-neutral military and political power, with huge influence in Southern Europe and South America and colonies/protectorates in Northwest Africa.
The war has been getting quite warm in the last decades, and there is rationing going on in the U.S. An OTL international fast food chain, is in TTL an/the official food distributor for the Federal Government. Since the one in my dream didn't even become a corporation until 1955, I'm not going to require it to be that one.