Norman T. Roule

Norman T. Roule is a non-resident senior adviser with the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Mr. Roule served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significant programs relating to the Middle East. Mr. Roule’s service in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations included roles as division chief, deputy division chief, and chief of station. He has held multiple senior assignments in Washington as well as during more than 15 years of overseas work. He served as the national intelligence manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 until September 2017. As NIM-I, he was the principal intelligence community (IC) official responsible for overseeing national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran and Iran-related issues, to include IC engagement on these topics with senior policymakers in the National Security Council, the Department of State, and Congress. Mr. Roule received multiple awards during his career. Mr. Roule currently 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. He also serves as senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, United Against Nuclear Iran, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and as a member of the advisory board of the Arabia Foundation. Mr. Roule is currently also a non-resident fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.