Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of ChaosIt was an exclusive lunch at a high end Manhattan restaurant on 7 March 2011. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon and his entire A team were present. It soon became clear that the main item on the menu was Libya, where it was alleged that the forces of Muammar Gaddafi were rapidly advancing on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi to crush all opposition. Over an $80 per head lunch, a small group of the worlds most important diplomats from