Norman T. Roule

Norman T. Roule served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), managing numerous programs relating to the Middle East in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. He has held multiple senior intelligence assignments in Washington, as well as during over 15 years of overseas work. He served as the national intelligence manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 until September 2017. Mr. Roule received multiple national intelligence awards during his career. Mr. Roule works as a business consultant on Middle East political, security, economic, and energy issues, with an emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Iran. Mr. Roule is currently a nonresident senior advisor at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. He serves as a non-resident fellow at the George Mason University National Security Institute and an associate fellow at the Middle East Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He is a regular contributor to the Cipher Brief.
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How Might Iran Conflict End?
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — June 20, 2025

Trump's Muscular Middle East Policy
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — March 19, 2025

Piecing Together What Happened in Syria
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — December 12, 2024

War in Lebanon
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — September 25, 2024

Unknown Mideast Redlines
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — August 9, 2024

Iran’s Next Act & Houthis' Next Move
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — July 15, 2024

U.S. Targets Baghdad
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — February 9, 2024

Wider War in Mideast
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — January 9, 2024

Press Briefing: Latest Insights on Israel-Hamas War
Event — October 13, 2023
Restoring Momentum to U.S. Foreign Policy in the Wake of Afghanistan
Report by Norman T. Roule — September 13, 2021