<b>Dataset for "Russia as the EU’s “Other”: A Longitudinal Analysis of the European Commission’s Shifting Discourses (2010–2024)"</b>

Theoretically drawing on a critical constructivist paradigm and the concept of “Othering”, the study introduces a novel framework of issue-based and valence-based Othering to trace thematic and evaluative shifts over time.

Methodologically, the study applies systematic content analysis to an extensive corpus of European Commission press releases concerning Russia. The findings show that construction of Russia as the EU’s Other evolved unevenly rather than through a linear progression from cooperation to hostility. Despite the geopolitical rupture of 2014, economic and energy registers proved very durable, sustaining largely neutral and technocratic framings that insulated key domains of cooperation from securitization.