1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Lithuania shares a border with&amp;nbsp;two hostile autocratic neighbors,&amp;nbsp;Belarus and Russia. If that weren’t enough,&amp;nbsp;the small Baltic democracy&amp;nbsp;is taking on China,&amp;nbsp;too.&amp;nbsp;It’s a role model for confident, democratic leadership in the 21st century, and wants to play an important role at&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Summit for Democracy&amp;nbsp;in early December.&amp;nbsp;But will the United States&amp;nbsp;and other powerful democracies come together with&amp;nbsp;tangible support even as authoritarians and populists seem to be on the rise? Lithuanian Vice-Minister Mantas Adomėnas and US Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Kara McDonald joined The Cable to&amp;nbsp;discuss the challenges and hopes for the summit. Transcript here: https://www.icwa.org/the-cable-podcast-lithuania-democracy/ The Cable http://thecable.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/21164285/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/21164285