I made a similar thread on AH.com but it didn't get much attention. The idea here is that a liberal, democratic Russia faces off against a communist America. Looking at older threads many people seem to think it's very hard to have this be accomplished, but I think it is more likely than what others may think. If you can get Kerensky's government to survive you might see a slow transition to a European style parliamentary system, albeit one more conservative. If you can get political extremists to lose elections after the Great Depression you will have a reformist government in power which restores Russia's economy and strengthens its democracy. There was a thread on here a while back discussing possible PODs for a socialist America, so I guess using any one of them might work.
Now the hard part, for me at least, is getting the democratic Russia and communist America to each believe that the other is a threat to its interests and a potential rival. Russia might be a bit poorer, and even with this reformist government in the 1930s it will take some time for it to become a developed, first world nation. A communist America, on the other hand, will take less time recovering from the revolution. I don't know what will trigger the events which will lead into the deterioration of Russo-American relations, in fact I think this can be discussed in this thread. You might see this reverse cold war starting a lot later than the OTL Cold War, say in the 1970s.
What do you guys think?
Now the hard part, for me at least, is getting the democratic Russia and communist America to each believe that the other is a threat to its interests and a potential rival. Russia might be a bit poorer, and even with this reformist government in the 1930s it will take some time for it to become a developed, first world nation. A communist America, on the other hand, will take less time recovering from the revolution. I don't know what will trigger the events which will lead into the deterioration of Russo-American relations, in fact I think this can be discussed in this thread. You might see this reverse cold war starting a lot later than the OTL Cold War, say in the 1970s.
What do you guys think?