Direction: In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C,D and E. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences accordingly by selecting the correct option.

A: but they are using their growing hard power in other ways,

B:  neither China nor Russia wants a direct military

C:  confrontation with America that they would surely lose 

D: in particular by exploiting a “grey zone” where aggression and coercion

E: work just below the level that would risk military confrontation with the West.