He has worked as a war correspondent and written books about the Middle East, geopolitics and international relations.
For example, in the Syrian Civil War, he considers the principal enemy to be Sunni jihadists, which makes it acceptable to seek alliances with Shi'a Islamist groups such as Hezbollah.
A dictatorship may be deserving of strong criticism, but at the same time not legitimize mass murder or strive for unlimited expansion, in which case it can not be considered as blatantly evil.
On the other hand, Nazi Germany and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are examples which Girard regards as blatantly evil.
[2][3] Girard describes himself as a realist and is critical of the neoconservative movement, which he sees as a doctrine of trying to impose democracy on other countries by force.