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also needs to increase its expertise, in particular that there is a "need to lift the academic ability of our officer cadre: this is well overdue for real professional development." As a former
Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies, Cozens' duties include directing research, giving
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Cozens has outlined his own views on strategic policy and security issues in numerous papers and books on terrorism, security and maritime cooperation in the
Pacific-Asian region. In a 2005 newspaper interview, he called for a "softly softly, catchy monkey" approach to counter-terrorism, saying it
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Services of New Zealand" to reflect the fact that it increasingly performs a range of non-traditional functions. Cozens has also been a dogged advocate for New Zealand to adopt an oceans policy, noting that "whether it be swimming, or being at the beach, diving or
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In early 2007 Peter Cozens was taken to hospital for stress related heart problems related to overwork. He recovered well. In 2009, he retired to
Motueka, where he continues his research and writing about nautical and maritime subjects and where he is building a boat.
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Government "should think in terms of increasing New
Zealand's military presence" near the south pole. The idea was not welcomed by the New Zealand Defence Force. In an article in the Australian journal 'Security Challenges' he argued that the
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would "reward authorities more than a 'reds under the bed', or 'terrorist under the bed' approach." In response to an
Australian report that warned about future resource competition in the
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