[Pamar]

Yes, brain drain is an issue for sure (it is also an Issue in Italy, for example, even if the country is bigger and economy is somehow in a better situation, at least for now).

I am an (Italian) expat myself, so I know the dynamics very well.

[gotchange]

All the countries in the Mediterranean basin suffer from that phenomenon to a varying degree and the two Italian profs interviewed in the article is just another example for that phenomenon and the state of affairs in these countries.

So, blaming all the shortcomings it wholly on education or culture in general is unfair and misleading.