Scenario: Eastern Alternative

Eastern Alternative is a timeline in progress, one in which the United States gradually loses prominence as a. Although it still posseses considerable strength, the American empire has receded from much of the world and is viewed as being in decline. Other countries rise to fill the void.


 * The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is reformed into the Strategic Defense Initiative, founded by China with other countries in 2024 and is more integrated militarily.
 * Japan removes Article 9 and begins rearming, forming the East Asia Treaty Organization to counter the power of China.
 * North and South Korea reunify in 2020.
 * Western European nationalist and identitarian movements see massive victories and gains throughout the early 2020s, with mass deportations of migrants being organized.
 * The European Union ceases to exist in 2026. NATO becomes more and more irrelevant but does not formally dissolve.
 * Russian nationalism rises and Russia annexed parts of the former Soviet Union, including large parts of Ukraine.
 * Poland develops its own bloc of Eastern European allies, known as the Eastern European Cooperation Organization.
 * Austria and Hungary form a new Austro-Hungarian Federation.
 * Montenegro and Macedonia unite with Serbia to form a federation, with Serbia invading Kosovo in 2023.
 * South American nations unite to form the Federation of the Americas in 2022. Central American countries and Caribbean islands form the Republic of Central America.
 * Syria and Iraq form the United Arab Republic in 2021 after the wars there end completely, after their cooperation in defeating ISIS.
 * The Libyan monarchy is restored under the Senussi, the country is stabilized by 2030, ending the mass migration to Europe.
 * A war breaks out between Saudi Arabia and Iran; the U.S. does not get involved. The war sees Iran victorious over the Saudi attacks but ultimately internal unrest forces it to seek peace.
 * The Islamic Republic is overthrown in Iran and the Iranian monarchy under the Pahlavi dynasty is restored.
 * The UAE rises in power after Saudi Arabia is damaged by the Iranian war.