I was thinking about a POD around the time of the fall of the USSR, just to make it more difficult. Folks might think that's ASB, I understand, just thought I'd throw it out there and see what folks think.
Very vague ideas:
- Europe integrates more quickly and possibly pushes away from NATO in the process.
- China shuts down again around an alternate Paramount Leader succession.
I'm not certain it's possible. You have to shift the US away from a stance of treating the Cold War as a victory worth crowing about, and you need just the right kind of leaders in Russia as well (and no names spring to mind.)
But theoretically? Any takers?