QATAR PERSPECTIVE

From Doha, coverage of the Iran-US war focuses squarely on systemic effects on third countries. Al Jazeera has produced a quantitative analysis of additional poverty risks if the conflict persists another six months. Gulf Times warns of fertilizer market stress: Iranian exports of urea and phosphates are blocked, threatening harvests in the Southern Hemisphere. Most alarmingly, Al Jazeera publishes an opinion piece arguing the war is eroding the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: other states are drawing the lesson that nuclear weapons protect, while their absence leaves countries exposed.