Nick Sawyer

Nick Sawyer is an alumnus of the UK?s Royal College of Defence Studies and India?s National Defence College. He holds an MPhil in Strategy and National Security from the University of Madras, a Masters Degree in Defence Studies from Kings College London, a Masters Degree in Military Studies from Cranfield University and an Honours Degree in Materials Technology from the University of Birmingham. He has written papers on Kautilyan strategy, the behavioural economics of strategic decision making and the psychology of strategic leadership. He served as the UK?s Defence Attach? to India from 2022-2024. In a career spanning over three decades, Nick served in over 50 countries on active duty and diplomatic service and commanded troops on operations at every level from Second Lieutenant to Brigadier. He was Mentioned-in-Despatches in 1999 during the Kosovo entry operation, awarded the Medal of Merit by Lithuania in 2015, the Cross of Merit Third Class by Estonia in 2015 and won the prestigious Pyara Lal Gold Medal, National Defence College, India in 2021.