Hoxa toyed with the idea before Tito's break up with Stalin. Hoxa, who was a devote stalinist, broke then relations with Yugoslavia. Later, as we all know, he broke relations with the USSR after Stalin's deat and the erasing of its "legacy", and drove Albania into the Chinese ideology camp. As a result, Albania became a pariah in Europe and it still is the poorest country in the continent.
There are two possible PODs to achieve this. The first is Tito becoming a puppet of Stalin, or Tito being eliminated and replaced by someone who is it.
The other, probably with less butterflies, is eliminating Hoxa and replacing him with somebody willing to follow the original plan, even if Yugoslavia isn't a soviet lapdog.
Possible consequences? I think Albania would be far more developed today, even if affected by the Yugoslav Wars (which it surely would). Albania would be a major player on the breaking of Yugoslavia, and Albanese might end up in only one country. Can Europe stand a second Bosnian War happening in Kosovo and/or Macedonia at the same time or shortly after than the other, for example? Plus, all the Kosovo disputes of today wouldn't exist. I wonder if this could have major implications in the current world policy and especially in Russia's approach with Serbia.
There are two possible PODs to achieve this. The first is Tito becoming a puppet of Stalin, or Tito being eliminated and replaced by someone who is it.
The other, probably with less butterflies, is eliminating Hoxa and replacing him with somebody willing to follow the original plan, even if Yugoslavia isn't a soviet lapdog.
Possible consequences? I think Albania would be far more developed today, even if affected by the Yugoslav Wars (which it surely would). Albania would be a major player on the breaking of Yugoslavia, and Albanese might end up in only one country. Can Europe stand a second Bosnian War happening in Kosovo and/or Macedonia at the same time or shortly after than the other, for example? Plus, all the Kosovo disputes of today wouldn't exist. I wonder if this could have major implications in the current world policy and especially in Russia's approach with Serbia.