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I had this idea about other alliances that Bismarck could have made. One of them was a German-Russian-Italian triple alliance plus some minor powers such as Bulgaria which was Russia's main proxy in 1877 and perhaps Greece which wants to get back at the Ottomans. The POD is that Bismarck favours Russian interests at the Berlin conference for as much as he can without risking a war. An enraged Austria-Hungary leaves the conference and strengthens ties with France and Britain. Perhaps the Ottomans join the entente to curb Russian influence and their desire to het Constantinople although the Triple Alliance will be very strong.
The other was an Anglo-German- Austro-Hungarian alliance (possibly with the Ottomans joining, making it a quadruple alliance). The requires a more complicated POD. Either Emperor Friedrich III, who was pro-British, lives or Wilhelm II gets a personality change. The latter can be achieved by simply having Friedrich (his dad) trip and arrive in the bedroom three seconds later than IOTL. The result is a less militant, arrogant anc tactless Wilhelm.
Which do you find more likely and which would be the strongest? I made some maps to go with it