We must not forget that for the United States an overriding event in its history was the Civil War (1861 – 1865), which was followed by well over a century of peace on its own territory. That does not mean that the United States was not involved in wars overseas. But that is very different from having war on your own territory.
Cross-discipline approaches are providing timely policy suggestions, as, for example, through joint research in epidemiology and economics, or the use of digital technology to analyze mobility data. We are beginning to see the light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, but the light does not clearly reveal the shape of the society and economy we are approaching.