Table 1 Most similar countries in terms of being protagonists of the same events ( co-protagonist vector), using Jaccard Similarity. \(\pmb{x'_{i}}\) is the number of events in which country i was a protagonist
Country i | Country j | \(\boldsymbol{x'_{i}}\) | \(\boldsymbol{x'_{j}}\) | Similarity | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Israel | Palestine | 561 | 360 | 0.2863 | 99.969 |
Russia | Ukraine | 823 | 921 | 0.2094 | 99.906 |
North Korea | South Korea | 158 | 179 | 0.1866 | 99.843 |
Great Britain | United States | 4,015 | 10,162 | 0.0966 | 99.248 |
Iraq | Syria | 654 | 647 | 0.0833 | 99.092 |
India | Pakistan | 1,561 | 453 | 0.0753 | 98.998 |
Iran | Israel | 496 | 561 | 0.0698 | 98.841 |
China | Japan | 646 | 354 | 0.0605 | 98.340 |
France | Germany | 627 | 371 | 0.0583 | 98.184 |
Argentina | Brazil | 130 | 236 | 0.0578 | 98.152 |
Australia | Great Britain | 974 | 4,015 | 0.0577 | 98.090 |
Brazil | Germany | 236 | 371 | 0.0575 | 98.058 |
Syria | Turkey | 647 | 198 | 0.0536 | 97.964 |
Iran | Iraq | 496 | 654 | 0.0512 | 97.777 |
Australia | Malaysia | 974 | 262 | 0.0492 | 97.682 |
Argentina | Germany | 130 | 371 | 0.0481 | 97.620 |
Australia | India | 974 | 1,561 | 0.0475 | 97.495 |
Germany | Greece | 371 | 155 | 0.0457 | 97.401 |
Canada | Great Britain | 715 | 4,015 | 0.0444 | 97.275 |
Egypt | Libya | 316 | 253 | 0.0440 | 97.213 |
Great Britain | India | 4,015 | 1,561 | 0.0436 | 97.181 |