Too contradictory for my liking....

Sean Kay’s piece, “Neoliberalism: Institutions at War,” seems like the hot topic of conversation on the blog. Even during our break out sessions, my group discussed the validity of his argument. So to get right down to the point, Kay argues that neoliberalism works…most of the time. NATO was the exception and illustrated the limitations of this theory. My group discussed, and then the class joined, on how the article was good at exploring the limitations, but if you want to argue in support of neoliberalism, shouldn’t you add a case study on when neoliberalism functioned effectively? His article argues that institutions matter, but in the case of Kosovo, NATO fell short. So what conclusions can you come to? Has NATO outlived its applications, or is time for a replacement or do institutions really matter at all? I think Kay could have taken a different road with this article. It just seems too contradictory.