Eurasia: The Rivalry of Global Integration Projects

The article reveals the Eurasian integration projects as major drivers of world globalization. Eurasian regionalism seems to be gaining attention in the scientific literature. Under the current political circumstance many regions are accelerating integration and many countries are opting for regional associations as a mechanism to help them overcome the global recession. Moreover, the global political leaders , some developed countries - the U.S., China, and the European Union (EU) are interested to set up regional economic blocs such as Eurasian Economic Union (The EEU), the China's project 'One Belt One Road', the U.S's projects - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The goal of this paper is to introduce a number of integration initiatives and to analyze the current strategies of Eurasian regionalism