A selection of space policy/politics items:

• Space Policy Events for the Week of December 16-20, 2013
• Opinion: Don’t gut NASA space missions – CNN.com
• Export control reform process is wrapping up – Space Politics
• Florida must stay in commercial space game – Orlando Sentinel/Bradenton Herald
• How Will Space Commuters Navigate A Thicket Of Air Traffic? – Popular Science
• China’s Space Agenda – Forbes
• China’s space program and the moon: Should the United States collaborate on missions? – Slate.com
• Iran claims 2nd launch of monkey into space and back – CNN.com

Update:

• Destination Unknown | Collections | The Washington Post –  Links to Joel Achenbach’s series on govt and commercial space projects  and policies in the US.
• Darpa Wants Sensors To Find Low-Orbiting Debris – Aviation Week
• China Plans 2017 Lunar Sample-Return Mission – Aviation Week
• ANALYSIS: Lunar success marks China’s rise as next space power – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
• NASA Hopes To Utilize China’s Lunar Landing For Science – redOrbit

Update 2:

• The Space Review:
  • Sweating the small stuff in space policy
  • A small step for Mars settlement, but a giant leap of funding required