I understand what you're trying to convey and agree. I thought you might not have noticed the email address of the authors. Two of the authors' email addresses are of IIT Delhi, one of the universities managed by the Government of India.

So these authors are in "the other cultural circle" too. One in which there's more than 10 times competition in the educational system for funding, compared to not only western and European counterparts but the Japanese one too, which the parent comment I think is/was a part of. Not just funding for cool projects. There is a very dire need for good universities but higher education in a good university is very difficult to have.

I think you want to use commas to set off "in Western Europe". I think it's referred to as an "aside".

After the 3, in place of the period.