NATOs Disorganization and Future

After reading "Neoliberalism: Institutions at War", it seems clear that the peak of NATOs credibility and influence have come and gone. The 1999 crisis in Kosovo provided the institution with the chance to rise up as one of the more dominant international organizations in the world. Had NATO been successful with the operation, I believe that our foreign policy would be different from what it is today. NATO's disorganization and complex procedures prohibited them from acting confidently and decisively. In turn, the international look toward NATO, specifically from the United States took a tremendous hit. Following their debacle, future concerns were dealt with using other means: Persian Gulf war was a UN led operation and the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars are more or less a unilateral operation run by the United States. NATO has played a relatively small role in the incidents compared to the involvement seen prior in history. Kay suggests that NATO focus its efforts on becoming a postwar crisis institution, removing much of the military debate that ensued during Kosovo. I feel that this is there only option to remain an influential force in the international system. Without peacekeeping humanitarian operations, it is my belief that NATO will continue to drift farther and farther away from having an impact on the global system.