ABSTRACT
The British and French at the London Conference of 1840 put a final end to the Egyptian urge to dominate the empire that they were anxious to preserve as a buffer against expansion of Russian influence in the Eastern Mediterranean. The disastrous defeat of June 1967 by Israel, with the loss of Sinai and the closing of the Suez Canal, temporarily diminished Egypt’s modern hegemonial role. Egypt emerged from the US “shuttle diplomacy” with only part of her foreign-policy objectives attained. In December the radical states of Syria, Libya, Algeria, and South Yemen met in Tripoli, Libya, and formed a new front of resistance to Egypt, whereupon Egypt severed diplomatic relations with them. The treaty itself consisted of phased territorial adjustments, demilitarization procedures, and economic compensations—especially for Israel in exchange for its returning territory to Egypt. Anwar Sadat’s leadership of Egypt was characterized by a primacy of concern with foreign policy.
