Bangladesh, April 21 -- Ive recently written on how Turkeys growing naval presence in the Black Sea, leveraging the Montreux Convention to restrict Russias fleet and expanding operations near Sinop and Samsun, risks escalating tensions with Moscow, potentially destabilizing the region. There is however yet another source of concern having to do with Turkey.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-led military alliance comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia, has been a cornerstone of regional stability in Eurasia. However, recent geopolitical maneuvers by the West and Turkey suggest a concerted effort to discredit and dismantle this alliance, by means of exploiting Russias preoccup...