Peter Dutton
Associate Professor of Joint Military Operations
Naval War College
Peter Dutton, a retired Navy commander and judge advocate, is associate professor of joint military operations at the Naval War College and an adjunct professor at Roger Williams University School of Law. Professor Dutton earned his juris doctorate from the College of William and Mary and a master of arts from the Naval War College (with honors). While on active duty, he served as a naval flight officer, taught at the Naval Justice School and the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies, and served as operational law adviser to Commander, USS John F. Kennedy Battle Group, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. In 2004, Professor Dutton became the Naval War College’s Howard S. Levie Chair of Operational Law. He is a founding member of the College’s China Maritime Studies Institute and writes on issues related to U.S. and Chinese perspectives on maritime international law as they relate to security.