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Interestingly, that's after Prince Wilhelm (the future Wilhelm II) made a notoriously terrible impression in Russia in 1884. I think the extent to which Wilhelm II fucked up the relations with both his Russian and English cousins cannot be over-estimated. Wherever he went, the desire for...

The Franco-Russian alliance isn't a given, nor is it bound to be a big deal. In OTL, Wilhelm II allowed the League of Three Emperors to lapse, for instance, the very existence of which would have prevented a Franco-Russian pact against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Even if Russia and France still...

Without major wars, Russia is going to keep developing. Prior to the destruction caused by the wars and -- to a far greater extent -- by communism, Russia had the potential to be the equivalent of the USA, qua population, economy, et cetera. You get that just by comparing prior Russian trends...

It depends a bit on why the wars don't happen. Avoiding not only the OTL wars, but any ATL counterparts as well, is not all that facile. It suggests some POD a bit further back, that takes the heat off the kettle. Like the Anglo-French rapprochement of OTL, which resulted in the Entente...