Russia and china. in a soon to be published council on foreign relations special report, they propose a grand bargain in which the u.s. would improve relations with the mbs and make specific pledges to protect saudi arabia in a return for a series of saudi moves for ending the war in yemen, to recognizing israel, to taking more enviroxplicit responsibilir the murder of journalist and the washington post columnist khas khashoggi. despite their surface disagreements with washington, all of these countries want more, solid american guarantees regarding their uncertainty in an increasingly stable middle east. the saw saudis were distressed after the attack on their oil facilities backed by yemen, the