Mats Engman
Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow
Major General (ret.) Mats Engman, is the Head of the Stockholm Korea Center and Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP. His expertise lies in security policy, military strategy and crisis management, and his work has a particular focus on developments in East Asia, and the Korean Peninsula.
Maj Gen Engman has more than forty years of active military service. His most recent assignment was as the Head of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, in South Korea between 2015-2017. He was commissioned in the Swedish Air Force in 1976 and has predominantly served in joint and international positions. Among those are; two times as a UN military observer in the Middle East, three years as the Defense attaché to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland,Instructor in strategy at the National Defense College, Deputy Director of the Military and Security Directorate and Head of the International Department at the Joint Staff.
Maj Gen Engman is a graduate from the Swedish Command and Staff College, as well as the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He has also attended the US International Intelligence Fellows program at Bolling AFB, the US Senior International Defense Management Course in Monterey and the United Nations Senior Mission Leaders Course in Amman, Jordan.
Amongst his many accolades, he has been awarded the US Legion of Merit and the Republic of Korea’s Order of National Security Merit Cheonsu Medal.
Publications by Mats Engman
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Exploring Work-Life Balance Through a Gender Lens – Insights from the Nordics and South Korea
On February 19, ISDP’s Korea Centre co-hosted a workshop on work-life balance in the Nordics and South Korea through a gender lens with the Korea Women’s Development Institute (KWDI). The […]
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India-Sweden Ties as a Gateway to India-Nordic Engagement
Executive Summary Sweden and India engage on three interconnected levels: bilaterally, through the Nordic region, and through the EU—all of which require consistent political attention and a structured strategic approach. […]
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Martial Law and Political Polarization: What’s in Store for South Korea?
Abstract On December 3, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared emergency martial law, shocking both the country and the rest of the world. However, the martial law was only in […]
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Russian and DPRK Military Cooperation in Ukraine – A Win-Win?
In early August 2024, Ukraine launched a significant offensive in the Kursk region in Western Russia which may have prompted the activation of the DPRK-Russia Strategic Partnership Agreement and triggered […]
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Kamala Harris on North Korea: Change or Continuation?
Despite many efforts and different strategies, both previous and current U.S. administrations have been unsuccessful in preventing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from developing its nuclear and missile […]