Timeline (NWO)

2020

 * William Lai of the Democratic Progressive Party defeats Eric Chu of the KMT in the Taiwanese presidential election.
 * The Syrian Arab Republic is declared to be mostly cleared of terrorist groups by the Syrian government, Russia, and Iran, while the northeastern one-third of the country becomes the Republic of North Syria under the U.S.-backed SDF after negotiations between the government and the opposition lead nowhere. The Syrian Civil War is officially over. The new statelet relies almost entirely on U.S., Israeli, and Saudi support to continue existing.
 * Turkish President Erdogan refuses to recognise North Syria and threatens to invade the region if Kurdish groups are not brought under control. In the UN, only about 50 countries extend diplomatic recognition to North Syria.
 * Bernie Sanders is confirmed as the Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. election.
 * The U.S. presidential election result is announced, with Bernie Sanders defeating Donald Trump by a significant margin.

2021

 * The Sanders administration announces its intention to draw down the number of U.S. bases abroad, after pressure from the progressive base of the Democrats.
 * The Russian and Ukrainian presidents, Putin and Zelensky, meet in Minsk, Belarus for direct talks at the invitation of President Lukashenko.
 * At a press conference, Putin and Zelensky announce a new peace plan for Ukraine, agreeing to a federal structure for Ukraine similar to that of Belgium which will divide the country between a Russian and Ukrainian administrative region, with the Kiev Capital Region being a neutral zone. Ukraine will formally recognise Crimea as Russian and slow down its integration into NATO and the EU.
 * In the Japanese general election, Shinzo Abe's LDP wins the majority.
 * King Salman of Saudi Arabia dies, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman being coronated as King Mohammed.
 * The German federal election sees the CDU secure a plurality at 22%, but the Greens (20%) and the Alternative fur Deutschland (18%) have also increased their share of seats in the Bundestag. The new government increasingly takes an anti-U.S. and pro-Russia/China alignment to win over the rising political force in the country. Both the far left and far right advocate Germany's independence from the U.S. geopolitically.
 * The Iraqi Parliament formally requests for the U.S. to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq, which President Sanders accepts, completing the withdrawal by January 2022.

2022

 * Marion Marechal Le Pen wins in the French presidential election against incumbent Emmanuel Macron. French politics take a similar turn to Germany's, away from the U.S. and more towards Russia/China.
 * Germany becomes the next G7 economy after Italy to sign on to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
 * At an EU meeting, France and Italy both vote against continuing European sanctions against Russia, ending the sanctions regime.