Goura's Index of National Attitudes: Difference between revisions

'''''Goura's Index of National Attitudes''''' is an index and ranking created in 1955 by Michael Goura, an officer in the [[Royal and Imperial Army]], to measure the views of [[Urcea]] and its people in relation to other nations. The Index initially considered many subjective factors including a general appraisal of public attitudes, but also included considerations like the scale and scope of trade relations with said nation, military agreements with said nation, and any public non-classified military operational plans created with said nation in mind. In 2016, subjective factors began to be phased out in favor of machine learning observation of public speeches, editorials, and online remarks by public officials and private subjects with regards to other nations, and these observations are part of scaled factors now included in the Index. Goura died in 1984, and the Index is maintained by the Goura Foundation. It is published every five years, though in some circumstances it is updated as needed.