Which empire do you think would have been more likely to survive to the Present day, assuming a POD around the turn of the century: the Ottoman Empire or the Austria-Hungarian Empire?
The Ottoman Empire was more likely to survive IMO. The states in the Middle East today are pretty diverse. If the Ottomans stay out of WW1, they can keep most of their empire together IMO.
Maybe, but I think they'd need much more reforms. They'd have to offer their ethnic minorities greater representation... even if it's still under Hapsburg rule. From what I've read they were moving towards that before 1914.Or then CPs win the Great War. Thaqt might help A-H survive too.