The Norwegian research institute NOREF (Norsk Ressurssenter for Fredsbygging) published an article by Federico Santopinto called «The Lisbon enigma: crisis management and coherence in the European Union». The article, which is available on the NOREF website, analyses the responses brought by the Lisbon treaty to the problem of coherence of the EU external policy, especially referring to the Council-Commission dualism. A diagram illustrating the possible structure of the forthcoming external action service is published in annex.