New Delhi, May 9 -- India's new counter-terrorism doctrine, PRAHAAR, is emerging as more than just a domestic security framework, with experts suggesting that the policy could redefine counter-terror cooperation across the Indo-Pacific and South-east Asia amid evolving threats from "jihadist groups", digital radicalisation, and organised crime networks.

In a review paper published by the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Associate Research Fellow Jasminder Singh described PRAHAAR as India's "first comprehensive counterterrorism framework" that transforms the country's "reactive security posture into a coordinated, intelligence-led strategy".

The doctrine, introduced by the Ministry of Home...