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  1. WI: Reversed immigration to Britain and Germany after 2004

    When the EU was extended to include ten new central and Southern European member states, Germany and Austria proposed a ten-year interim period, which made it difficult for workers from these states to get work permits there. Other older EU states didn't, with the UK soon becoming the prime...

  2. AHC: Left-wing Thatcherism

    The idea is partly based on these postings by AH users ShortsBelfast and Cevolian, and especially by two pieces. One was an article I've read some years ago by German conservative/libertarian-leaning journalist Ulf Poschardt, who suggested that both punk rock and Margaret Thatcher led to a...

  3. Alternate Developments in Migration and Sports

    It is sometimes said that football only became huge in Australia due to the presence of Croatian and Serbian migrants after 1945. For a long time, it was these groups who were the core part of the footie audience. Some people also say that the Hispanics are a group that made football a bigger...

  4. WI: No military coup in Egypt in 2013, Muslim Brotherhood loses next election

    I've been wondering, if Morsi's Freedom and Justice Party and with them the Muslim Brotherhood in general would have been wiped in free elections following a longer term in office without military intervention. Prior to 2011, the Brotherhood often played the economic card and was active in...

  5. A European version of the "Southern Strategy"?

    What I'm looking for is a major party realignment in terms of regional or possibly class allegiance, like the switch of the American South from a Democrat to a Republican stronghold, in one of the bigger European countries. In Europe, there are regions which would still in majority vote for a...

  6. AHC: Turn India into a respected football nation

    Football (i.e. soccer) is hugely popular in India. It's been an important market for many Premier League clubs for years, and now also German Bundesliga clubs have discovered this market. Still, this popularity never translated into success of their own national team or a respected home-grown...

  7. WI: Howard Dean in 2004 without the 'Dean scream'

    It is often said that the Dean Scream effectively ruined Howard Dean's campaign to run for POTUS in 2004. So let's say it never happened (or he stayed a bit further away from the mic): Could he have made the Democratic ticket and even beat Dubya? In what way would that have changed America?

  8. AHC: California City becomes a success

    Inspired by this movie, I was wondering if the model city of California City could have become more successful or whether it was bound to failure due to its hostile natural conditions. Making it as big as Los Angeles is probably ASB, but what can be done to turn it into a major city, with a...

  9. WI: French Revolution with less hawkish Girondists

    Among the different groups within the revolutionary movement, the Girondists were clearly the most extreme war faction in foreign policy. With Brissot as the leading figure, they almost took a "the more danger, the more honour" approach. Despite their radicalism in domestic politics and le...

  10. AHC/WI: Balance of power between Paganism and Christianity in Europe?

    With a POD somewhere between 100 and 300 AD, how could this be made and how would the world look like today? I was thinking along the lines of Christianity having its core in Asia Minor and North Africa, whereas central, Northern and Eastern Europe remain largely pagan. Southern Europe becomes a...

  11. Conservative/reactionary politicians or activists who turned liberal in later years

    Historically, there are many examples of formerly left-wing/liberal politicians, theorists or activists turning conservative while ageing. Strangely enough, I can't think of many examples where it is the other way around: conservatives who later reject some of their views and adopt attitudes...

  12. WI: Israel gives the West Bank back to Jordan in 1994

    In the Eighties there were talks between Shimon Peres and King Hussein to give back the West Bank to Jordan following a recognition of Israel. Let's say, without an Intifada and with a somewhat weaker PLO, Israel decides to follow that line as part of the 1994 peace treaty with Jordan. How...

  13. AHC: A more multicultural Eastern Bloc

    What could have happened to make the former Communist countries of Europe as multicultural as France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium or West Germany? Of course, there were guest workers from Communist third world countries in OTL Eastern bloc, but they were usually confined to their own...

  14. AHC: Make Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran allies!

    The secret services of both countries did cooperate during the Iran-Iraq war, since both had a common enemy in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. What could have happened to turn this secret cooperation into a proper partnership or even an official alliance? POD after 1979, with Iran having an Islamic...

  15. WI: Indira Gandhi goes 'the full way' in 1971

    In his book "The Duel. Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power", Tariq Ali writes about an interview with Indira Gandhi regarding the war of 1971. There, she states that one of her generals, General Manekshaw, was willing to start an invasion of West Pakistan after the successful war...
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