The Lion and the Sphinx. An entangled history of Belgian diplomacy in Egypt, 1830-1914

This dissertation analyses the role of Belgian diplomacy in the establishment of Belgian-Egyptian relations in the long nineteenth century. The perspective of entangled history in which an actor-based approach is combined with a relational understanding of diplomatic history is at the core of this study. For Belgium, a country that increasingly saw potential in its relations with Egypt as part of a more general expansionist dynamic, its diplomatic corps was the main instrument to create international connections. As a result, the general history of Belgian-Egyptian diplomatic relations serves... Mehr ...