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During his week-long visit at Harvard University in October of 2012, Douglas Alexander agreed to talk with the Harvard International Review about the European fiscal crisis, the state of the British economy, the job of opposition party leader David Cameron, as well as the foreign policy and security risks posed by Syria and Iran. As the EU begins its slow path to recover and Britain itself continues to face meager growth, Alexander has voiced strong opinions and clear policy suggestions for how to promote Britain’s shared interests with its global partners.

Roberto D’Alimonte, a senior Italian political analyst and prominent journalist for Italy’s major financial newspaper Il Sol 24 Ore, recently spoke with the Harvard International Review to give his take on what to expect from Italy’s elections at the end of this month. A professor of political science at the Guido Carli University in Rome, his research focuses on reforming the Italian electoral process. He has worked with the OECD and has been head of the Italian Center for Electoral Studies since 2005. 

As the world watched footage of Kim Jong-il's funeral, many were asking whether the emotions North Koreans displayed on camera were at all genuine. In your experience, what proportion of North Koreans are genuine devotees of the leadership?

When Canada is mentioned in the international business press, it is often mentioned in a positive light. We read about Canada’s sound banking system and relatively low public debt or we hear about its GDP and employment growth that has outstripped other G7 countries. But could you give us a more complete picture? What is going well in Canada’s economy and what is going not-so-well?