Lithuania shares a border with two hostile autocratic neighbors, Belarus and Russia. If that weren't enough, the small Baltic democracy is taking on China, too. It's a role model for confident, democratic leadership in the 21st century, and wants to play an important role at the Summit for Democracy in early December. But will the United States and other powerful democracies come together with 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 discuss the challenges and hopes for the summit.

Transcript here: https://www.icwa.org/the-cable-podcast-lithuania-democracy/