Is AFTA part of this new regionalism? The paper will answer this by first considering both the causes and content of this new regionalism. Then it will discuss how AFTA fits or not fit with the contents of this new regionalism. As AFTA evolved from ASEAN, AFTA and ASEAN are sometimes discussed here in an interchangeable manner.  Publication/Conference 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.  Author: Lee, Poh Ping.