THE POMERON IN QCD

• REGGE THEORY
• POMERONS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
• THE REGGEIZED GLUON
• THE BFKL EQUATION
• APPLICATIONS OF BFKL DYNAMICS
• THE COLOUR DIPOLE APPROACH
• RUNNING THE COUPLING
• HIGHER ORDER EFFECTS
• HARD AND SOFT POMERONS
• POMERONS IN STRING THEORY
• SUMMARY