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  1. Argentina in a world with no World Wars

    Right now, Argentina is on the cusp of an economic collapse that is worse than in 2001 or 1989, and all we know is that Argentina is one of the underdeveloped countries in the world and there are plenty of different academic studies showing that Argentina's economic decline actually began during...

  2. WI: A Commonwealth of Nations between former Spanish colony states

    Right now, there are three main cultural intergovermental organizations which are Commonwealth of Nations between among former British colonies, Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries among former Portuguese colonies, and Organisation internationale de la Francophonie among former French...

  3. WI: OPEC accepts currencies other than US dollar

    What would have been the ramifications had OPEC starting 1974 accepted currencies aside from US dollar like Deutsche mark/Euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Swiss franc, and Chinese yuan as a mode of paying crude oil?

  4. Other viable Jewish homeland aside from Palestine

    Palestine was the preferred homeland for the Jews in the 20th century. Suppose the Zionists find another place for a Jewish homeland, which places where Jewish people can settle peacefully aside from Palestine.

  5. WI: Spaniards found gold in the Philippines

    The main goal for colonization of the Philippine archipelago was to gain access to China for importing porcelain for American colonies and Spain and exporting silver to China. What if the Spaniards explored more the archipelago and settle in areas like in Mindoro or Butuan and there, stumbled...

  6. Mindanao heavily settled by Europeans

    In 1900, Mindanao was a largely sparsely populated island in the Philippines especially in Davao Gulf and American companies had to recruit Japanese workers to done labor for banana and Manila hemp plantation due to scarcity of indigenous (Mandaya) population to do those and it was the impetus...

  7. Linguistic AHC: North American English mainly non-rhotic

    With POD no later than 1700, make the entire North America English speakers as non-rhotic instead of rhotic in OTL. What would be the consequences in American and Canadian culture if their English dialects are mainly non-rhotic?

  8. Argentina with 100 million population

    Inspired with the Canadian and Australian threads, what would be the consequences economically, politically and socially speaking if Argentina has 100 million population by having let say the French, Polish, Arab, German and British immigration were numerous as the Italian and Spanish ones...

  9. WI: Northern Italians went to the United States instead

    What would be the effects to American culture, politics, and economy had Northern Italians came and were numerous as Southern Italians in the United States?

  10. Territorial boundary of KMT China

    Let say that KMT or Kuomintang crush the Communists over the reverse in OTL. What will be the territorial boundary of China with total KMT victory. Would be the same as OTL PRC or would Outer Mongolia be part of KMT China?

  11. AHC: Multiracial Spanish-speaking Philippines

    With POD 1521, your challenge is to have the Philippines as multiracial as Mexico or Peru by today and have Spanish language be spoken by 90% of Philippine population by 2000. The racial composition should be 40% mestizo with the half of 40% are Spanish mestizos and another half are Chinese...

  12. More Chinese and Italians in the United States

    My challenge is to have the Chinese and Italian Americans as numerous as the British, Germans, Irish, and Mexicans. The POD would be after 1900 (you can post pre-1900). What would be the effects of more Chinese and Italian immigrations to American culture, economy, and politics.

  13. AHC: Have Spanish as dominant language in the Philippines

    My challenge is to have the map below be realized by 2000 where Spanish language is the dominant foreign language instead of English. POD should be after 1900. NOTE: The map was created by @JJDXB

  14. Oil and commodity prices stayed high throughout the 80s and 90s

    What would be the economic and geopolitical consequences had the price of oil and commodities like gold, silver, copper, nickel, soybean, beef and others stayed high throughout the 80s and 90s instead of plummeting to lower level like right now in 2015. Would Iraq still attack Iran and Kuwait...

  15. Your ideal lingua franca for the Philippines

    The POD is no later than 1935. If you are a leader of the Philippines, what would be your ideal lingua franca for Filipinos and why you choose such language. If you ask me, I prefer Spanish rather than Tagalog because for a Tagalog to communicate a Visaya way back 1900, you need to be a...

  16. AHC: Have colonial languages dominant in Indochina, Indonesia, and the Philippines

    My AH challenge is to have French, Dutch, and Spanish become dominant language in Indochina, Indonesia, and the Philippines respectively with POD no later than 1850. I am interested with the TL where French, Dutch, and Spanish are the dominant language for Indochina, Indonesia, and the...

  17. Gore or McCain's response of 9/11

    Today as of this moment is the 13th anniversary of 9/11 attacks and I create this thread in commemoration. What would be Al Gore or John McCain's response of 9/11 if they were the president instead of George W. Bush.

  18. US invades Venezuela and North Korea instead of Iraq

    What would be the ramifications had the United States decides to invade Venezuela and North Korea to overthrow Hugo Chavez and Kim Jong-il instead of Iraq in 2003.

  19. EOI more popular than ISI

    My challenge is to have export-oriented industrialization provided with lesser trade and investment barriers like Singapore in OTL as more popular kind of industrialization in the developing countries by 1970. What would be the economic and political effects of more adoption of export-oriented...

  20. Global effects with JFK survival

    What do you think would be the world today had President John F. Kennedy survives the assassination, 50 years ago?
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