Benign neglect
an attitude or policy of noninterference or neglect of a situation, which may have a more beneficial effect than assuming responsibility; well-intentioned neglect.
Contemporary Examples
How Obama Gave Up On The Peace Process Ali Gharib March 24, 2013
Hitler’s Private Library: An Excerpt Timothy Ryback October 16, 2008
Latin America’s Secret Success Story Shannon K. O’Neil July 15, 2013
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