Civil wars erupt in Serbia and Albania. Macedonia fragments and is divided by Bulgaria, Greece and Albania. Romania s Hungarians rebel and demand union with Hungary. Communists return as a political force in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland. The Cold War resumes, as Moscow re-asserts its power in the Baltic states, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, the Mideast.
Russian troops invade Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan.
After a short, sharp war, Russia invades and reabsorbs Ukraine which is abandoned by the west. Russia becomes the world s leading produce of oil and gas, and major exporter of water. They then team up in shifting alliances to fight one another. Israelis long for the old days of isolation. Similar nationalist coups occur in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Jordan.