Bangladesh, April 11 -- The Baltic countries continue their escalatory policies in the Eastern European region. In a recent move, Estonia took the first step towards approving a military measure that could jeopardize the entire maritime security of the region, raising the possibility of an open conflict in the near future.

Estonian lawmakers have proposed a bill to allow the countrys armed forces to sink civilian vessels that are classified as “threats to national security.” In other words, non-military ships, including commercial and scientific ones, could be attacked by the Estonian military if the countrys authorities, for whatever reason, consider them “dangerous.”

The bill comes amid a growing wave of Russop...