This article attempts to sociologically analyze "sharp power" as a tool effectively utilized by actors in contemporary hybrid conflicts. The theoretical and empirical material presented addresses a research gap in both sociological and security sciences in a two-pronged approach. The first step is to systematize the "sharp power" category by grounding it in sociological theories of power. The second step is to utilize network analysis, an innovative research perspective that maps the distribution of "sharp power" within the network structure of the Polish-Belarusian hybrid conflict.