To be clear, I wouldn't expect FL to ever accept a fan-made timeline as canon - I was only thinking about it from the standpoint of someone interested in making modules, but being hesitant to jump in with an ill-defined strategic picture of what's happening elsewhere on the planet.
With our current knowledge of Mexico's military capabilities, and the earlier timelines' approach to a Mexican invasion being wholly unrealistic, I think the PRC joining with Russia makes a lot of sense to help keep things balanced. Were that to happen, keeping with the Axis/Allies model I would see the following alliances form up and fall apart as the war continued.
Allies:
Europe and the Americas:
Existing NATO countries
Australia + New Zealand
Asia:
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Philippines
The Kingdom (?)
UAE (?)
Israel
Egypt (?)
Axis:
Europe and the Americas:
PACT countries
Cuba
Venezuela
Asia:
PRC
North Korea
Iran
Syria
Mostly I'd expect India and Pakistan to be having their own little war between them. Israel would no doubt be a flash point that could break allied alliances in the middle east.
Otherwise, I'm at a bit of a loss wrt to the rest of southeast Asia, Africa, and South America.
I do think it would be neat to continue the tradition of the US splitting into a MilGov and a CivGov, and the concept of New America was great (awful faction, but interesting storytelling. I also like the idea of an invasion into the US, albeit I just don't think Mexico would have what it takes. Perhaps a new alliance of nations in Central/South America? Or alternatively, China and Russia team up to invade across Alaska and down through the PNW?
edit: This is all super high-level of course. The devil is always in the details. Also, please humor me if I've made any glaring errors in judgment. While I feel like I have a good understanding of foreign policy these days, I was a teenager in the 90s, so I'm likely to make some mistakes.
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