What a World Rife with Volatility Means for the Energy Market

By Norman T. Roule

Norman T. Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. He served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the ODNI from 2008 until 2017. As NIM-I, he was the principal Intelligence Community (IC) official responsible for overseeing all aspects of national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran, to include IC engagement on Iran issues with senior policymakers in the National Security Council and the Department of State.

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The new year is bringing new concerns for the energy market and what that might mean for broader national security moving forward. Last year saw the world’s first global energy crisis.  This year, there is unprecedented transformation in the global distribution infrastructure as the Biden Administration seems to set a new normal for drawing on the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  What does it mean?

The Cipher Brief tapped Energy Expert and former National Intelligence Manager for Iran at ODNI, Norm Roule to help us better understand the ‘new normal’ in a world rife with volatility.

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