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This paper provides insight into the EU's post-Lisbon crisis management model. It links the prospects of the EU becoming a credible security actor in the 21st century with its capacity to: 1) adapt the conceptual framework of its crisis management system to the current security scenario; and 2) implement effective action on the ground. The analysis takes into consideration three main developments in the global security environment: 1) the rise of new security-political challenges; 2) the evolution of the concept of security; and 3) the proliferation of non-state actors in the field of security.