In an alternate (and cursed) timeline, the first American James Bond would have happened for Diamonds are Forever.

24th March 1958: Ian Fleming, British author and creator of James Bond, at his desk in his study ... At the last moment 007 and Octopussy defuse the bomb. They return to India to mount ...

A Cold War between the US and China, a grey war between Russia and Europe, and the advent of space as a competitive domain, all point to greater geopolitical risk ...