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Since WW2, the USA has been deathly afraid of a single state achieving dominance over Asia and Europe. But what if this were to actually happen? What kind of foreign policy would a Eurasian superpower have, where would it be centered, how united could it be, how would the USA counter it, etc?

Some possibilities:
- The obvious "Soviets take over Europe after WW2." Of course, ties with China would have to be stronger. Bonus if India goes truly socialist after independence, though I believe in this scenario India would be highly contested.
- Nazi Germany allies itself with a more powerful China, and reduces the USSR to a satellite state/conquered area. the USA/Britain would hold on to South Asia for dear life.
- USSR makes a union with Communist Germany and overrun Europe and the Middle East. After this is accomplished they try to help Japan hold China. This seems like the weakest Eurasia so far because China will become a huge drain, which the West will be sure to utilize.

-And my favorite, personally: The Eurasianist factions in Russia are more influential among the Bolsheviks, and instead of focusing on Europe, which they believe to be a lost cause, they struggle to win over East Asia from early on. By 1935 or so the USSR is on good terms with China and possibly Japan (providing them food and materials to support their industry), and after defeating Germany in WW2, with a new border further to the east (maybe around Poland or so), becomes not so much a Eurasian state as an Asian superpower. It is possible in this scenario that China and Japan would have a much larger say over a possibly weaker USSR, and perhaps India would want to include itself in the alliance to help it exert more control over its surroundings.

So, post your ideas.
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