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The CSIS logo embodies the centre's philosophy.

The original, in bronze, was designed by Indonesia's renowned sculptor G. Sidharta and comprises a disc with an engraving of the globe, which serves as a backdrop to a youth with an open book on a cloth draped across his lap.

His left hand is marking the book and his right hand is raised upwards. All these elements combine to project the Centre's nature as an institution, where people think, learn and share their knowledge.

Mankind is their concern and the world their horizon. The undressed torso symbolises open-mindedness and the absence of prejudice.

Nalar Ajar Terusan Budi, the inscription on the disc, conveys the Centre's belief that "to think and share knowledge are the natural consequences of an enlightened mind."