The Rise of Russia

In this scenario, Hillary Clinton wins the 2016 US elections. She combines NATO's armies into a single huge army. This greatly alarms the Russian Federation and China, who promptly form a coalition against NATO. This results in the Second Cold War, which was marked by three important moments: In early March 2018, Ukraine, now a member of NATO, attacked the UDR in order to reclaim the territory. With its new NATO gear, Ukraine initially saw some success, but Russia intervened in late March and swiftly occupied the country, which it annexed along with Belarus.
 * 1) The continuation of the Korean War. This resulted in the DPRK being defeated and turned into a Chinese province. South Korea was angry that they didn't get any land.
 * 2) The defeat of ISIL. Kurdistan became independent, while al-Assad defeated the FSA, and the rest of Iraq was turned into an Iranian puppet state.
 * 3) The continuation of the Donbass war. This resulted in Ukraine being defeated, and Donetsk and Luhansk gained their independence as the "United Donbass Republic", also known as the UDR, or simply as Donbass.

In April, Transnistria declared their official independence. Moldova responded by sending their army into the region. Just like with Donbass, Russia intervened. This was met by an invasion of Moldova by Romania who wanted to take back "historical Romanian land". This led to a series of clashes along the Romania-Moldova and Romania-Russia borders. These clashes quickly escalated, and Romania asked the rest of NATO for assistance.

NATO accepted Romania's request, and declared war on Russia on May 10. This was quickly followed by the rest of the Anti-NATO coalition intervening on behalf of Russia, which began the Third World War. The war was characterised by Russia's use of its secret anti-NATO weapons, which made the war progress in the coalition's favour. World War III ended on 26 November 2021, when the US surrendered. Following the war, the map of the globe was redrawn in Russia's eyes, which cemented Russia's dominance over Europe.