Lt Col James Dutton

Royal Navy Hudson Visiting Fellow

james.dutton@sant.ox.ac.uk

James Dutton is a Royal Marines officer with 18 years’ service, specialising in joint operations, military strategy, and policy. As a Hudson Fellow at CCW he is researching the impact of modern communication technologies on the conveyance of military intent and its execution in practice, exploring how changes in communications technology affect command, control, and decision-making. His operational and staff experience spans a range of UK defence and multinational contexts, with particular interest in how armed forces adapt command structures to meet evolving technological and strategic challenges.