Norman Roule - National Security Institute

Norman T. Roule served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, where he directed numerous programs focused on the Middle East. Since retiring from government service, he has advised private-sector clients on political, security, military, economic, telecommunications, and energy developments across the region, with a particular emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Iran. He maintains close relationships with senior political and economic officials across the GCC.

Within the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, Mr. Roule held senior leadership positions, including geographic division chief and chief of station. He also served in senior intelligence roles in Washington, as well as in more than 15 years of overseas postings in the Middle East.

From November 2008 to September 2017, Mr. Roule served as National Intelligence Manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In that capacity, he was the Intelligence Community’s senior official responsible for coordinating national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran, including engagement with senior policymakers at the National Security Council, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and Congress.

Mr. Roule’s service was recognized with multiple national intelligence awards, including Presidential awards. Mr. Roule is a Non-Resident Senior Adviser with the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; a Senior Adviser at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School; and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. He also serves as senior adviser to the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Counter Extremism Project, and United Against Nuclear Iran.

He is frequently invited to speak on Middle East issues in U.S. and international media. He is a frequent contributor to The Cipher Brief and has written for U.S. and international print media.

Mr. Roule is a Non-Resident Senior Adviser with the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; a Senior Adviser at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School; and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. He also serves as senior adviser to the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Counter Extremism Project, and United Against Nuclear Iran. He is frequently invited to speak on Middle East issues in U.S. and international media. He is a frequent contributor to The Cipher Brief and has written for U.S. and international print media.

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