在逮捕事件发生以前,国际足联一直以来都像是一个脱离西方控制的国际组织。英格兰、西班牙、荷兰、美国以及澳大利亚举办2018年和2022年世界杯的申请都遭到了否决,这两届的主办权分别花落俄罗斯和卡塔尔。西方媒体铺天盖地都是对国际足联腐败的指控。但是,布拉特及其亲信们根本无视这些指控。
The dramatic arrests in Zurich changed this picture of western powerlessness. This wassomething that only the US could or would do. Switzerland has launched its own investigationbut is unlikely to have acted alone, without prompting from the FBI in ¬Washington.
发生在苏黎世的戏剧性逮捕行动改变了西方无能的形象。这样的事也只有美国才能做到或者愿意做。瑞士已经启动了自己的调查,但它不大可能在没有美国联邦调查局(FBI)的敦促下单独行动。
But what allowed America to act in this way? Is that US power transferable to other domains?And is it slipping?
但是,美国何以能如此行动?因为美国的权力可以转移到其他领域吗?它正在下滑吗?
One key fact is the centrality of the American financial system to the world economy —something that in turn rests on the importance of US-based banks and the role of the dollar asthe pre-eminent global reserve currency. The US has standing in the Fifa cases becauseallegedly corrupt transactions were made through banks operating in the US.
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